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214. Sandesh

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-SANDESH

INC 38.3%won by 7.8%INCU 30.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.8%.

  • New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 30.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.8% between them, down from 89.6% — the field split more ways.

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
58,876
Margin
4,619
7.85%

Candidates

20 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SIDH NATH RAIIndian National Congress · INC22,57338.3%
  2. 2SONADHARI SINGHINCU · INCU17,95430.5%
  3. 3ARJUN SINGHIndependent · IND4,6577.9%
  4. 4RAM EKBAL SINGHLKD · LKD3,6876.3%
  5. 5BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINGH BAGISanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD2,5854.4%
  6. 6NAGENDRA PD. SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,9933.4%
  7. 7SUDAMA SINGHJanata Party · JNP1,3242.2%
  8. 8RAM KUMAR MISHRAIndependent · IND1,0531.8%
  9. 9UMESH SINGHIndependent · IND6981.2%
  10. 10BABAN THAKURIndependent · IND4940.8%
  11. 11SHEO PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND3930.7%
  12. 12VIJAY BAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND2890.5%
  13. 13VIJAY KUMAR CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND2710.5%
  14. 14SUBHASH CHANDRA YADAVIndependent · IND2090.4%
  15. 15MD. ANISUDAULLAHIndependent · IND1860.3%
  16. 16RAM NARAIN MISHRAIndependent · IND1620.3%
  17. 17TAPESHWAR TIWARIIndependent · IND1370.2%
  18. 18RAMAYAN PASWANIndependent · IND840.1%
  19. 19LALMOHAN CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND700.1%
  20. 20CHANDRAMA CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND570.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–INCU swing
−28.8%
INC share
36.6% → 38.3%
INCU share
0.0% → 30.5%
Turnout
— → —
213. Paliganj215. Barhara
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