Constituency
288. Ghatsila
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-GHATSILA
CPI 44.8%won by 12.5%INC 32.3%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.7% to 12.5%.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 32.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.2% of the vote between them, up from 59.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
32,536
Margin
4,055
12.46%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPI- 1TIKARAM MAJHICommunist Party of India · CPI14,58044.8%
- 2SASHI BHUSAN MANKIIndian National Congress · INC10,52532.3%
- 3SITA RAM TUDUSUC · SUC6,78520.9%
- 4JAGAN NATH SARANJKD · JKD6462.0%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–INC swing
- −25.3%
- CPI share
- 37.7% → 44.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 32.3%
- Turnout
- — → —