Election
Constituency

225. Karakat

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-KARAKAT

JNPSC 36.8%won by 16.1%CPI 20.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to JNPSC (JNPSC), which now leads by 16.1%.

  • JNPSC vote shareJNPSC went from 0.0% to 36.8% of the vote here (+36.8%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 20.7% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.4% between them, down from 71.0% — 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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Valid votes
92,563
Margin
14,905
16.10%

Candidates

14 contested · winner JNPSC
  1. 1TULSI SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC34,03336.8%
  2. 2RAM JI PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI19,12820.7%
  3. 3KAMESHWAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC18,32019.8%
  4. 4TRIBHUAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP10,50811.4%
  5. 5RAM NIWASIndependent · IND6,8817.4%
  6. 6RAJESHWAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,2331.3%
  7. 7GUPUT GANDHIIndependent · IND5910.6%
  8. 8ABDUL HANIF ANSARISanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD5640.6%
  9. 9SARYU MISHRAINCU · INCU4990.5%
  10. 10JAGNARAIN TRIPATHYJNPSR · JNPSR3340.4%
  11. 11GUPTESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND2240.2%
  12. 12SHEONANDAN RAMIndependent · IND1320.1%
  13. 13RADHA PRASAD SAHIndependent · IND680.1%
  14. 14SURYANATH RAMIndependent · IND480.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNPSCflipped
JNPSC–CPI swing
+16.1%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 36.8%
CPI share
0.0% → 20.7%
Turnout
— → —
224. Sahar226. Bikramganj
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