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216. Arrah

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-ARRAH

INC 54.3%won by 34.5%JNPSC 19.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 34.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 31.8% to 54.3% of the vote here (+22.5%).
  • New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 19.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.1% of the vote between them, up from 65.4% — 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
67,732
Margin
23,389
34.53%

Candidates

15 contested · winner INC
  1. 1S.M. ISAIndian National Congress · INC36,78154.3%
  2. 2SUMITRA DEVIJNPSC · JNPSC13,39219.8%
  3. 3VIRENDRA PRASAD SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,1177.6%
  4. 4LETAFAT HUSSAINJNPSR · JNPSR4,4446.6%
  5. 5MAHADEWA NAND GIRIINCU · INCU2,5413.8%
  6. 6SURENDRA PRASADJanata Party · JNP2,2463.3%
  7. 7CHANDESHWAR ROYIndependent · IND1,1971.8%
  8. 8KAPILDEO AKELAIndependent · IND4680.7%
  9. 9VINAY KUMAR CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND4040.6%
  10. 10DEVENDRA NATH MISHRAIndependent · IND2720.4%
  11. 11GUPTESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND2350.3%
  12. 12RAM EKBAL PRASADIndependent · IND2220.3%
  13. 13KRISHNA GOVIND SINGHIndependent · IND2000.3%
  14. 14RAM JEE YADAVIndependent · IND1130.2%
  15. 15JAI PRAKASH DASIndependent · IND1000.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–JNPSC swing
+2.7%
INC share
31.8% → 54.3%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 19.8%
Turnout
— → —
215. Barhara217. Shahpur
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