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257. Nawada

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-NAWADA

CPM 38.8%won by 13.6%INCU 25.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 50.7% to 13.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 27.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 25.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.0% between them, down from 82.7% — 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
1,02,232
Margin
13,899
13.60%

Candidates

11 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1GANESH SHANKAR VIDYARTHICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM39,68138.8%
  2. 2RAMESHWAR YADAVINCU · INCU25,78225.2%
  3. 3SHAHAN SHAH BAKHTIndian National Congress · INC21,23420.8%
  4. 4GAURI SHANKAR KESHORIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,9757.8%
  5. 5JANAKDHARI SINGHIndependent · IND4,3224.2%
  6. 6BALESHWAR PRASAD SINGHJNPSR · JNPSR1,5141.5%
  7. 7RAM RATAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP8450.8%
  8. 8GOWARDHAN CHAUHANIndependent · IND3340.3%
  9. 9RADHA DEVIIndependent · IND3080.3%
  10. 10RANJIT KUMAR MALVIYAIndependent · IND1390.1%
  11. 11ISHWAR RAMIndependent · IND980.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INCU swing
−53.1%
CPM share
66.7% → 38.8%
INCU share
0.0% → 25.2%
Turnout
— → —
256. Atri258. Rajauli
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