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161. Sojat

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Rajasthan Assembly Election, 1980

RJ-SOJAT

INC 57.4%won by 20.0%BJP 37.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.1% to 20.0%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 37.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.7% of the vote between them, up from 78.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
41,162
Margin
8,218
19.97%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MADHAV SINGHIndian National Congress · INC23,60757.4%
  2. 2RAJENDRA SINGH GAHLOTBharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,38937.4%
  3. 3BANSI LAL SARGARAIndependent · IND7021.7%
  4. 4CHAND ALIIndependent · IND4611.1%
  5. 5MANGI LAL MEGHWALIndependent · IND4411.1%
  6. 6HIMMAT RAM CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND3520.9%
  7. 7OM PRAKASH RATHIIndependent · IND2100.5%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−19.7%
INC share
39.7% → 57.4%
BJP share
0.0% → 37.4%
Turnout
— → —
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