Constituency
227. Balia
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980
UP-BALIA
INC 41.9%won by 26.2%JNP 15.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 26.2%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.6% between them, down from 92.5% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
56,873
Margin
14,913
26.22%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1KASHI NATH MISRAIndian National Congress · INC23,84241.9%
- 2SHYAM NANDAN SHUKLAJanata Party · JNP8,92915.7%
- 3HARE RAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,06514.2%
- 4RAMESHWAR SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC6,82912.0%
- 5BRIJA NANDCommunist Party of India · CPI2,9045.1%
- 6ANVARUL HASAN ALIAS MUNNE BANUIndependent · IND2,7304.8%
- 7BHOLA THAKURINCU · INCU1,6472.9%
- 8GULAB CHANDIndependent · IND5791.0%
- 9SUDISHTAIndependent · IND5350.9%
- 10HEERAIndependent · IND5080.9%
- 11RAM JANAMIndependent · IND3050.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- +39.8%
- INC share
- 39.4% → 41.9%
- JNP share
- 53.1% → 15.7%
- Turnout
- — → —