Election
Constituency

279. Bokaro

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-BOKARO

JNPSC 34.7%won by 10.3%BJP 24.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to JNPSC (JNPSC), which now leads by 10.3%.

  • JNPSC vote shareJNPSC went from 0.0% to 34.7% of the vote here (+34.7%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 24.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 59.1% of the vote between them, up from 45.0% — 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
94,928
Margin
9,824
10.35%

Candidates

22 contested · winner JNPSC
  1. 1AKLU RAM MAHTOJNPSC · JNPSC32,96934.7%
  2. 2SAMRESH SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP23,14524.4%
  3. 3GAYA SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI15,14716.0%
  4. 4PARMANAND TRIPATHIIndian National Congress · INC10,07310.6%
  5. 5GOVIND RAM MAHTOIndependent · IND8,4638.9%
  6. 6RAGHUBIR YADAVINCU · INCU2,1152.2%
  7. 7KAPILDEO SINGHIndependent · IND3570.4%
  8. 8TARKESHWAR DEYSUC · SUC3460.4%
  9. 9RAMESH ROYJKD · JKD2780.3%
  10. 10MOKHTAR AHMAD ANSARIIndependent · IND2450.3%
  11. 11B. K. TIWARIIndependent · IND2400.3%
  12. 12RAM AUTAR GUPTAIndependent · IND2350.2%
  13. 13S. N. KHANJNPSR · JNPSR2300.2%
  14. 14T. N. U. SAHIIndependent · IND2270.2%
  15. 15BALRAM MANJHIIndependent · IND1790.2%
  16. 16HARI SHANKAR PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1310.1%
  17. 17BHUNESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND1120.1%
  18. 18MISHRI LAL JAISAWALIndependent · IND1120.1%
  19. 19KAMLA SINGHIndependent · IND1100.1%
  20. 20DWARIKA NATH DWEBEDIIndependent · IND740.1%
  21. 21DEWAN MANJHIIndependent · IND720.1%
  22. 22MAHTAM PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND680.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
JNPSCflipped
JNPSC–BJP swing
+10.3%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 34.7%
BJP share
0.0% → 24.4%
Turnout
— → —
278. Bermo280. Tundi
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