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240. Obra

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-OBRA

BJP 41.0%won by 5.7%JNP 35.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 5.7%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 0.0% to 41.0% of the vote here (+41.0%).
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
94,710
Margin
5,404
5.71%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1VIRENDRA PRASAD SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP38,85541.0%
  2. 2RAM VALASH SINGHJanata Party · JNP33,45135.3%
  3. 3SIDHNATH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC17,18618.1%
  4. 4RAJU RANJAN SINHAJNPSC · JNPSC3,5473.7%
  5. 5RAM JANAM SHARMAIndependent · IND5530.6%
  6. 6GHURA RAMIndependent · IND4060.4%
  7. 7RAJDEO SINGHIndependent · IND3990.4%
  8. 8SHATRUGHNA SHARMAIndependent · IND3130.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–JNP swing
+48.4%
BJP share
0.0% → 41.0%
JNP share
42.7% → 35.3%
Turnout
— → —
239. Rafiganj241. Goh
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