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291. Jamshedpur East

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-JAMSHEDPUR-EAST

BJP 36.0%won by 0.2%INC 35.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 0.2%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 0.0% to 36.0% of the vote here (+36.0%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 35.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.

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
53,368
Margin
115
0.22%

Candidates

11 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1DINANATH PANDEYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,20836.0%
  2. 2RAMASHRAY PRASADIndian National Congress · INC19,09335.8%
  3. 3RAJKISHORE SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8,39015.7%
  4. 4BALDEO SINGHINCU · INCU3,2596.1%
  5. 5RAM BHAGWAN RAIJNPSC · JNPSC1,7683.3%
  6. 6BIJAY KUMAR SINGHJanata Party · JNP5801.1%
  7. 7MANGAL PRASADJNPSR · JNPSR3060.6%
  8. 8R. L. P. SINGHIndependent · IND2730.5%
  9. 9RAM SHOBHIT SINGHIndependent · IND2390.4%
  10. 10RADHESHYAM SINGHIndependent · IND1730.3%
  11. 11AJAI SHANKAR MAITYJKD · JKD790.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
+0.2%
BJP share
0.0% → 36.0%
INC share
0.0% → 35.8%
Turnout
— → —
290. Jugsalai292. Jamshedpur West
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