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266. Barkagaon

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-BARKAGAON

CPI 39.3%won by 24.3%INC 15.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 24.3%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 32.1% to 39.3% of the vote here (+7.2%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 15.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.3% between them, down from 78.8% — 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
60,863
Margin
14,820
24.35%

Candidates

17 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1RAMENDRA KUMARCommunist Party of India · CPI23,93639.3%
  2. 2KAILASH PATI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,11615.0%
  3. 3BASANTI DEVIJNPSC · JNPSC7,92113.0%
  4. 4MAHANDRA PRATAP SINGHINCU · INCU6,74911.1%
  5. 5NIRMAL SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,5457.5%
  6. 6MD. NAYEEMJNPSR · JNPSR2,9524.9%
  7. 7JAGARNATH RAMIndependent · IND1,0441.7%
  8. 8SATYANDRA SINGHIndependent · IND9121.5%
  9. 9GULAM MUSTAFAIndependent · IND7361.2%
  10. 10SULTANJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM6751.1%
  11. 11YUGAL KISHORE RAMIndependent · IND5851.0%
  12. 12MIAN JAN MIANJKD · JKD5160.8%
  13. 13YOGENDRA PRASADIndependent · IND4570.8%
  14. 14RAJENDRA PRASADJanata Party · JNP2750.5%
  15. 15RAM KUMAR OJHAIndependent · IND1860.3%
  16. 16SURENDRA PATHAKIndependent · IND1560.3%
  17. 17UPENDRA NATH VARMASanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD1020.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INC swing
−7.8%
CPI share
32.1% → 39.3%
INC share
0.0% → 15.0%
Turnout
— → —
265. Simaria267. Ramgarh
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