Election
Constituency

306. Ranchi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-RANCHI

INC 34.2%won by 10.4%BJP 23.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 10.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 20.5% to 34.2% of the vote here (+13.7%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 23.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.0% between them, down from 78.6% — the field split more ways.

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
55,853
Margin
5,782
10.35%

Candidates

15 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GYAN RANGANIndian National Congress · INC19,09034.2%
  2. 2NANI GOPAL MITRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,30823.8%
  3. 3JAGARNATH PRASAD CHOIndependent · IND10,26618.4%
  4. 4SHAFIQUE ALAMJNPSC · JNPSC5,1209.2%
  5. 5BADSAH PRASAD AZADINCU · INCU3,2665.8%
  6. 6JINIS PRASAD SINGHJanata Party · JNP2,6104.7%
  7. 7SAIDEO SINGHIndependent · IND1,0601.9%
  8. 8SITESH SHARMAIndependent · IND4090.7%
  9. 9BASANT LALIndependent · IND2540.5%
  10. 10ANJANI KUMAR CHOUBEYIndependent · IND1260.2%
  11. 11LEKHANAND JHAIndependent · IND1220.2%
  12. 12DEVID VANJARJKD · JKD1070.2%
  13. 13RANGEET PRASADIndependent · IND530.1%
  14. 14MADAN LALIndependent · IND450.1%
  15. 15GIRJANANDAN SHARMAIndependent · IND170.0%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
−10.2%
INC share
20.5% → 34.2%
BJP share
0.0% → 23.8%
Turnout
— → —
305. Khijri307. Hatia
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