Constituency
315. Lohardaga
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-LOHARDAGA
INC 70.3%won by 50.5%BJP 19.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.2% to 50.5%.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 19.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.2% of the vote between them, up from 79.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
36,188
Margin
18,270
50.49%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1INDRA NATH BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC25,44870.3%
- 2ARUN ORAONBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,17819.8%
- 3BIRBAL BHAGATCommunist Party of India · CPI3,0218.3%
- 4SAMEL HOROIndependent · IND5411.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −2.8%
- INC share
- 53.3% → 70.3%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 19.8%
- Turnout
- — → —