Election
Constituency

258. Rajauli

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-RAJAULI

JNP 32.8%won by 2.8%BJP 30.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 2.8%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 30.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.8% between them, down from 92.7% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
78,249
Margin
2,173
2.78%

Candidates

10 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1BANWARI RAMJanata Party · JNP25,64832.8%
  2. 2BABU LALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP23,47530.0%
  3. 3KESHAV RAMIndian National Congress · INC14,78218.9%
  4. 4MANOHAR PASWANJNPSC · JNPSC11,20214.3%
  5. 5BHAGIRATH MANJHIIndependent · IND1,2001.5%
  6. 6KARU BHUIANIndependent · IND7491.0%
  7. 7SURAJ MANJHIIndependent · IND3920.5%
  8. 8CHANDRIKA RAMIndependent · IND3600.5%
  9. 9SUKHDEO RAMJNPSR · JNPSR2780.4%
  10. 10BAIJNATH SINGHIndependent · IND1630.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNP–BJP swing
−27.1%
JNP share
29.9% → 32.8%
BJP share
0.0% → 30.0%
Turnout
— → —
257. Nawada259. Gobindpur
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