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304. Silli

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-SILLI

CPM 38.9%won by 4.2%JNPSC 34.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.7% to 4.2%.

  • New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 34.7% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.6% of the vote between them, up from 46.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
51,461
Margin
2,149
4.18%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1RAJENDRA SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM20,00038.9%
  2. 2RAMESHWAR MAHTOJNPSC · JNPSC17,85134.7%
  3. 3RAJA VIRENDRA NATH SINGHDEOJanata Party · JNP5,30610.3%
  4. 4HARINARAYAN PRASADIndian National Congress · INC4,0017.8%
  5. 5RAM TAHAL CHOWDHRYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,8425.5%
  6. 6VISHAN RAM MANJHIJKD · JKD1,0322.0%
  7. 7RAJ KUMAR BHAGATIndependent · IND2970.6%
  8. 8UMANAND SINGHIndependent · IND1320.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–JNPSC swing
−19.8%
CPM share
24.0% → 38.9%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 34.7%
Turnout
— → —
303. Khunti305. Khijri
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