Election
Constituency

285. Jharia

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-JHARIA

JNP 42.0%won by 26.5%INC 15.5%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.2% to 26.5%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 15.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
68,036
Margin
18,054
26.54%

Candidates

19 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1SURYADEO SINGHJanata Party · JNP28,58242.0%
  2. 2RAM NARAYAN SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC10,52815.5%
  3. 3S. K. ROYCommunist Party of India · CPI9,28013.6%
  4. 4RATAN CHANDRA GUPTAIndependent · IND6,4849.5%
  5. 5MOHAMMAD MANNAN MALLICKIndependent · IND4,3246.4%
  6. 6RAMDEO SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,1254.6%
  7. 7L. N. SABERAJNPSC · JNPSC1,4632.2%
  8. 8KISHORE DASIndependent · IND7311.1%
  9. 9KARU PASWANIndependent · IND6280.9%
  10. 10JABBAR KHANIndependent · IND5150.8%
  11. 11ATRIPTA JAWAHARJNPSR · JNPSR4350.6%
  12. 12BUDHAN RAMIndependent · IND4120.6%
  13. 13RAMDHARI SINGHIndependent · IND3870.6%
  14. 14LALATA PRASAD BHARATIIndependent · IND3370.5%
  15. 15M. JOHNIndependent · IND2110.3%
  16. 16DWARIKA MAHATOIndependent · IND1950.3%
  17. 17GANAURI PASWANIndependent · IND1760.3%
  18. 18RAMESHWAR VERMAIndependent · IND1610.2%
  19. 19BHOLIA DEVIIndependent · IND620.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
JNP
JNP–INC swing
−7.1%
JNP share
33.6% → 42.0%
INC share
0.0% → 15.5%
Turnout
— → —
284. Dhanbad286. Chandankiyari
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