Constituency
303. Khunti
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-KHUNTI
INC 57.4%won by 22.0%BJP 35.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 22.0%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 19.5% to 57.4% of the vote here (+37.9%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 35.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.8% of the vote between them, up from 72.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
20,835
Margin
4,585
22.01%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SAMU PAHANIndian National Congress · INC11,96057.4%
- 2HATHIRAM MUNDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,37535.4%
- 3JOHAN PAHANJKD · JKD5342.6%
- 4JOHN SINGH MUNDAIndependent · IND4982.4%
- 5DURGA PRASAD SINGHJanata Party · JNP3611.7%
- 6KAMLA HEMBREMIndependent · IND1070.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +2.5%
- INC share
- 19.5% → 57.4%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 35.4%
- Turnout
- — → —