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53. Maharajganj

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-MAHARAJGANJ

INCI 44.5%won by 9.5%JNP 35.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 9.5%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 44.5% of the vote here (+44.5%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 35.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.4% between them, down from 99.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 22.4% to 42.6%.

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

Electorate
7,64,467
Turnout
42.6%
Valid votes
3,25,600
Margin
30,932
9.50%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1KRISHNA PRATAP SINGHINCI · INCI1,44,74444.5%
  2. 2RAMDEO SINGHJanata Party · JNP1,13,81235.0%
  3. 3VINOD KUMAR SINGHJNPS · JNPS48,32814.8%
  4. 4RAMAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND8,6452.7%
  5. 5BAIKUNTH NARAINIndependent · IND2,5900.8%
  6. 6RAMJI PRASADSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD2,4500.8%
  7. 7RAMAGYA KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,8380.6%
  8. 8SUKSHMA TIWARIIndependent · IND1,7740.5%
  9. 9MSHRI RAMIndependent · IND1,4190.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNP swing
+9.5%
INCI share
0.0% → 44.5%
JNP share
0.0% → 35.0%
Turnout
65.0% → 42.6%
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