Constituency
318. Panki
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-PANKI
INC 40.9%won by 13.1%BJP 27.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.1%.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 27.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.7% between them, down from 84.0% — the field split more ways.
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
42,933
Margin
5,642
13.14%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SANKTESHWAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC17,55840.9%
- 2HIRSHI KESH SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,91627.8%
- 3LALU SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI6,46515.1%
- 4SUDESHWAR MEHTAINCU · INCU2,7636.4%
- 5MOHAN SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC2,5686.0%
- 6BALAKESHWAR SAOJNPSR · JNPSR8161.9%
- 7BAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND5171.2%
- 8DURYODHAN BAITHAIndependent · IND3300.8%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −25.9%
- INC share
- 39.0% → 40.9%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 27.8%
- Turnout
- — → —