Constituency
316. Latehar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-LATEHAR
INC 49.6%won by 7.4%BJP 42.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 15.1% to 49.6% of the vote here (+34.5%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 42.2% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
25,420
Margin
1,881
7.40%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1INDRA NATH BHAHGATIndian National Congress · INC12,61149.6%
- 2RAMDEO RAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,73042.2%
- 3RAM LAGAN RAMINCU · INCU9093.6%
- 4RAM VILASH RAMIndependent · IND5932.3%
- 5KANHAI RAMIndependent · IND5772.3%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −7.7%
- INC share
- 15.1% → 49.6%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- — → —