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54. Chapra

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-CHAPRA

JNP 41.2%won by 2.3%JNPS 38.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 2.3%.

  • JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 41.2% of the vote here (+41.2%).
  • New challengerJNPS (JNPS) finished second with 38.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.1% between them, down from 94.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 22.4% to 50.9%.

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

Electorate
7,63,005
Turnout
50.9%
Valid votes
3,88,636
Margin
8,781
2.26%

Candidates

19 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1SATYADEO SINGHJanata Party · JNP1,60,05441.2%
  2. 2LALLU PRASADJNPS · JNPS1,51,27338.9%
  3. 3BUDHAN PRASAD YADAVINCI · INCI58,51015.1%
  4. 4ANIRUDH SINGHIndependent · IND2,5330.7%
  5. 5KEDARNATH SINGHIndependent · IND2,4060.6%
  6. 6RAMSHEKHAR PRASAD SINGHINCU · INCU1,9910.5%
  7. 7RAM SOCHAN SINGH ALIAS RAM LOCHAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,5340.4%
  8. 8NAND KISHORE SINGHIndependent · IND1,3530.3%
  9. 9HARI RAM SINGHIndependent · IND1,2090.3%
  10. 10RAMESH KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,0980.3%
  11. 11S. SAMSHUL HAQUEIndependent · IND1,0170.3%
  12. 12CHANDRA SHEKHAR PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND1,0100.3%
  13. 13RAMESHWAR PD. SINGH BISHWAVANDHUIndependent · IND8890.2%
  14. 14TRIBHUAN RAIIndependent · IND8230.2%
  15. 15OMESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND6910.2%
  16. 16AMRIT CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND6660.2%
  17. 17SATRUGHAN PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND6110.2%
  18. 18SHEODHYAN THAKURIndependent · IND5530.1%
  19. 19RADHA KRISHAN BHAGWAN SINGHIndependent · IND4150.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNP–JNPS swing
+2.3%
JNP share
0.0% → 41.2%
JNPS share
0.0% → 38.9%
Turnout
73.3% → 50.9%
53. Maharajganj55. Hajipur
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