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284. Dhanbad

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-DHANBAD

INC 60.3%won by 34.8%CPM 25.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.8% to 34.8%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 25.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.7% of the vote between them, up from 63.1% — 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
69,081
Margin
24,061
34.83%

Candidates

20 contested · winner INC
  1. 1YOGESHWAR PRASAD YOGESHIndian National Congress · INC41,63860.3%
  2. 2GOPI KANT BAKSHICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM17,57725.4%
  3. 3SUKH NARAYAN SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC2,7474.0%
  4. 4S. P. ROYINCU · INCU1,1741.7%
  5. 5RAMDEO SINGHIndependent · IND1,1221.6%
  6. 6SURYANAND PRASADIndependent · IND1,0921.6%
  7. 7BINDESHWARI PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND8221.2%
  8. 8BHAGRATH SINGHIndependent · IND6560.9%
  9. 9MAHATAM PRASAD SINGHJanata Party · JNP6390.9%
  10. 10A. N. DUBEYIndependent · IND2890.4%
  11. 11KRISHNA PRASAD MAJUMBARIndependent · IND2310.3%
  12. 12JAGDISH NARAYAN PRASADIndependent · IND2030.3%
  13. 13PAWAN KUMAR SINGHJNPSR · JNPSR1700.2%
  14. 14SUDARSHAN PRASAD MISHRAIndependent · IND1590.2%
  15. 15RAM SUNDER BHARATIIndependent · IND1580.2%
  16. 16MOHAMMAD KHURSHID KHANIndependent · IND1180.2%
  17. 17GULAM SAKLAINIndependent · IND1120.2%
  18. 18MAHABIR JHAIndependent · IND820.1%
  19. 19WASIR AHMADIndependent · IND590.1%
  20. 20KALAWATI DEVIIndependent · IND330.0%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+0.9%
INC share
33.9% → 60.3%
CPM share
0.0% → 25.4%
Turnout
— → —
283. Nirsa285. Jharia
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