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240. Mughalsarai

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1980

UP-MUGHALSARAI

INC 28.8%won by 7.9%JNPSC 20.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 11.4% to 28.8% of the vote here (+17.4%).
  • New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 20.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 49.7% between them, down from 75.1% — the field split more ways.

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
70,256
Margin
5,544
7.89%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMCHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC20,22128.8%
  2. 2GANJI PRASADJNPSC · JNPSC14,67720.9%
  3. 3MOTI RAM SHASHTRIINCU · INCU11,57216.5%
  4. 4RAGHUNATHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,6019.4%
  5. 5DATARAMIndependent · IND6,2068.8%
  6. 6SATYA NARAIN TEWARICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,4283.5%
  7. 7RAM DEOIndependent · IND1,8612.6%
  8. 8SUBEDAR SINGHJanata Party · JNP1,7102.4%
  9. 9HARIHARIndependent · IND1,4022.0%
  10. 10JADUNANDANJNPSR · JNPSR1,3171.9%
  11. 11RAVENDRA DHARIndependent · IND1,2911.8%
  12. 12RAVINDRA NATHIndependent · IND4020.6%
  13. 13SHONTA SINGHIndependent · IND3260.5%
  14. 14TRIVENIIndependent · IND2420.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–JNPSC swing
−3.5%
INC share
11.4% → 28.8%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 20.9%
Turnout
— → —
239. Chakiya241. Varanasi Cantonment
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