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213. Paliganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-PALIGANJ

INCU 57.1%won by 24.5%BJP 32.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to INCU (INCU), which now leads by 24.5%.

  • INCU vote shareINCU went from 0.0% to 57.1% of the vote here (+57.1%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 32.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.7% of the vote between them, up from 64.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,19,682
Margin
29,302
24.48%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INCU
  1. 1RAM LAKHAN SINGH YADAVINCU · INCU68,35157.1%
  2. 2KANHAI SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP39,04932.6%
  3. 3SALIMMUDDIN ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC3,8773.2%
  4. 4SHYAM NANDAN SHARMACommunist Party of India · CPI3,0972.6%
  5. 5JAI RAM PD. SINGHIndependent · IND1,9701.6%
  6. 6MD. MOTI LAVAL ZAFARIndependent · IND1,6761.4%
  7. 7RAM CHANDRA BINDIndependent · IND6660.6%
  8. 8ABHIMANYU SHARMAIndependent · IND5730.5%
  9. 9BESH LAL SAOIndependent · IND2020.2%
  10. 10AWADESH KUMAR YADAVIndependent · IND1590.1%
  11. 11AKHILESH KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND620.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCUflipped
INCU–BJP swing
+24.5%
INCU share
0.0% → 57.1%
BJP share
0.0% → 32.6%
Turnout
— → —
212. Bikram214. Sandesh
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