Election
Constituency

314. Bishnupur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-BISHNUPUR

INC 58.1%won by 29.0%BJP 29.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.8% to 29.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 29.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.

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
32,198
Margin
9,344
29.02%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DHUKHLA BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC18,71758.1%
  2. 2KARMA ORAONBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,37329.1%
  3. 3JAIPRAKASH BHAGATIndependent · IND1,2774.0%
  4. 4SHUKA KUJURJNPSC · JNPSC1,2413.9%
  5. 5JOONI BHAGATIndependent · IND7182.2%
  6. 6SOMAI ORAONIndependent · IND5271.6%
  7. 7KHADRA SINGH ORAONJanata Party · JNP2210.7%
  8. 8SARYOO ORAONIndependent · IND1240.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−33.7%
INC share
62.7% → 58.1%
BJP share
0.0% → 29.1%
Turnout
— → —
313. Gumla315. Lohardaga
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