Election
Constituency

281. Baghmara

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-BAGHMARA

INC 56.7%won by 33.1%IND 23.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.4% to 33.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.4% of the vote between them, up from 64.3% — 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
63,372
Margin
20,949
33.06%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHANKAR DAYAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC35,94956.7%
  2. 2BASDEO HAZARIIndependent · IND15,00023.7%
  3. 3GYANI MAHARANIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,61715.2%
  4. 4RAMUATAR CHOUHANJNPSR · JNPSR1,2311.9%
  5. 5NITYANAND DEOJanata Party · JNP5240.8%
  6. 6GUNENDRA NATH PANDEYIndependent · IND3840.6%
  7. 7SABASHWAR MAHATOIndependent · IND3580.6%
  8. 8PALTU MAHATOIndependent · IND3090.5%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
+1.3%
INC share
45.8% → 56.7%
IND share
14.1% → 23.7%
Turnout
— → —
280. Tundi282. Sindri
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