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Constituency

297. Jaganathpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-JAGANATHPUR

IND 32.3%won by 5.5%INC 26.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 5.5%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 3.6% to 32.3% of the vote here (+28.8%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 26.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.2% between them, down from 90.3% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
27,955
Margin
1,537
5.50%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INDflipped
INDINC swing
+1.9%
IND share
3.6% 32.3%
INC share
0.0% 26.8%
Turnout