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50. Motihari

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-MOTIHARI

CPI 38.8%won by 1.6%INCI 37.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 1.6%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 25.1% to 38.8% of the vote here (+13.6%).
  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 37.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 8.3% to 46.2%.

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

Electorate
7,26,964
Turnout
46.2%
Valid votes
3,36,055
Margin
5,506
1.64%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1KAMLA MISHRA MADHUKARCommunist Party of India · CPI1,30,22838.8%
  2. 2PRABHAWATI GUPTAINCI · INCI1,24,72237.1%
  3. 3THAKUR RAMAPATI SINGHJanata Party · JNP68,52520.4%
  4. 4JAGDISH CHANDRA PURBEIndependent · IND5,2241.6%
  5. 5DEO NARAIN SAHIndependent · IND3,8591.1%
  6. 6SHYAM NANDAN SAHNIIndependent · IND2,2360.7%
  7. 7RAJ NARAIN VERMAIndependent · IND1,2610.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INCI swing
−23.5%
CPI share
25.1% → 38.8%
INCI share
0.0% → 37.1%
Turnout
54.5% → 46.2%
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