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309. Mandar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-MANDAR

INC 58.3%won by 37.7%JNPSC 20.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.1% to 37.7%.

  • New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 20.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
48,181
Margin
18,174
37.72%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KARAM CHAND BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC28,10058.3%
  2. 2LALU ORAONJNPSC · JNPSC9,92620.6%
  3. 3KAILASH ORAONBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,1898.7%
  4. 4JHANKI ORAONIndependent · IND2,7345.7%
  5. 5HARDOO ORAONIndependent · IND1,1252.3%
  6. 6BANDHAN ORAONJanata Party · JNP6981.4%
  7. 7FILISITA MINJIndependent · IND6101.3%
  8. 8AMAR KERKETAIndependent · IND4821.0%
  9. 9ANANT BERAIKIndependent · IND3170.7%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNPSC swing
−1.8%
INC share
39.5% → 58.3%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 20.6%
Turnout
— → —
308. Kanke310. Sisai
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