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283. Nirsa

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-NIRSA

IND 73.8%won by 53.7%INC 20.0%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 36.6% to 53.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.8% of the vote between them, up from 61.6% — 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
58,636
Margin
31,514
53.75%

Candidates

9 contested · winner IND
  1. 1KRIPA SHANKAR CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND43,25773.8%
  2. 2CHANDAN GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC11,74320.0%
  3. 3NARESH CHANDRA NAGBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9271.6%
  4. 4RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND7091.2%
  5. 5YOGENDRA SINGHJanata Party · JNP5761.0%
  6. 6VINOD MANJHIIndependent · IND5681.0%
  7. 7NIRAN CHANDRAIndependent · IND4290.7%
  8. 8CHURAMAN MAHATOIndependent · IND2350.4%
  9. 9SHEO LAL MANJHIIndependent · IND1920.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
IND–INC swing
+14.0%
IND share
49.1% → 73.8%
INC share
9.4% → 20.0%
Turnout
— → —
282. Sindri284. Dhanbad
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