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217. Shahpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-SHAHPUR

INC 26.9%won by 6.7%INCU 20.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.7%.

  • New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 20.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 47.2% between them, down from 72.5% — 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
56,444
Margin
3,784
6.70%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ANAND SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC15,20726.9%
  2. 2HARDEO ROYINCU · INCU11,42320.2%
  3. 3JAI NARAYAN MISHRAJanata Party · JNP11,36720.1%
  4. 4AYODHAYA DUTT TRIPATHICommunist Party of India · CPI6,43211.4%
  5. 5YAMUNA SINGHIndependent · IND6,40311.3%
  6. 6RAMDEO MISHRAIndependent · IND2,4374.3%
  7. 7ARVIND BIHARI PANDEYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,4252.5%
  8. 8SHEO SHANKAR SHAHIndependent · IND6731.2%
  9. 9SHEO SHANKAR SINGHIndependent · IND6131.1%
  10. 10BHUWANESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND3000.5%
  11. 11SAHAJA NAND SINGHIndependent · IND1640.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–INCU swing
−17.9%
INC share
24.6% → 26.9%
INCU share
0.0% → 20.2%
Turnout
— → —
216. Arrah218. Brahmpur
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