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Constituency

83. Beniganj

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980

UP-BENIGANJ

INC 31.3%won by 6.3%IND 24.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.4% to 6.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.2% between them, down from 84.3% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
33,969
Margin
2,153
6.34%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−32.5%
INC share
44.3% 31.3%
IND share
5.5% 24.9%
Turnout