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239. Rafiganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-RAFIGANJ

JNP 55.2%won by 30.3%CPI 24.9%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.5% to 30.3%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.1% of the vote between them, up from 52.0% — 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
71,213
Margin
21,599
30.33%

Candidates

9 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1VIJAY KUMAR SINGHJanata Party · JNP39,32055.2%
  2. 2ISTEYAK AHMAD KHANCommunist Party of India · CPI17,72124.9%
  3. 3CHANDRADIP YADAVSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD5,9858.4%
  4. 4MD. HUSSAIN ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC2,5963.6%
  5. 5MUKHDEO SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC2,2973.2%
  6. 6YOGESHWAR YADAVIndependent · IND2,2473.2%
  7. 7BANGALI SINGHFBL · FBL7301.0%
  8. 8RADHA RANI SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1810.3%
  9. 9RAM PRAVESH THAKURIndependent · IND1360.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNP
JNP–CPI swing
+14.0%
JNP share
33.7% → 55.2%
CPI share
17.4% → 24.9%
Turnout
— → —
238. Aurangabad240. Obra
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