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Constituency

56. Vaishali

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-VAISHALI

JNP 33.4%won by 0.9%INCI 32.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 0.9%.

  • JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 33.4% of the vote here (+33.4%).
  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 32.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.8% between them, down from 98.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 26.8% to 48.8%.

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

Electorate
7,46,901
Turnout
48.8%
Valid votes
3,64,471
Margin
3,331
0.91%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNPINCI swing
+0.9%
JNP share
0.0% 33.4%
INCI share
0.0% 32.5%
Turnout
75.6% 48.8%