Election
Constituency

219. Buxar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-BUXAR

INC 41.5%won by 18.8%CPI 22.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.2% to 18.8%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 22.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.3% between them, down from 70.3% — 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
58,173
Margin
10,929
18.79%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JAG NARAIN TRIVEDIIndian National Congress · INC24,16641.5%
  2. 2TEJ NARAIN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI13,23722.8%
  3. 3BANKTESHWAR PD. SINGHJanata Party · JNP9,91417.0%
  4. 4BABAN SINGHYADAVINCU · INCU4,3007.4%
  5. 5PRABHANS SINGHJNPSR · JNPSR3,8286.6%
  6. 6NET LAL SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC9531.6%
  7. 7SHERU ANSARIIndependent · IND9101.6%
  8. 8JAGNATH PD. KESARIIndependent · IND3100.5%
  9. 9RENG RAYIndependent · IND2570.4%
  10. 10RAN VIJAY KUMARIndependent · IND1970.3%
  11. 11AJAY KUMARIndependent · IND1010.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−25.0%
INC share
43.7% → 41.5%
CPI share
0.0% → 22.8%
Turnout
— → —
218. Brahmpur220. Rajpur
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