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Constituency

59. Sheohar

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-SHEOHAR

INCI 42.0%won by 12.4%INCU 29.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 12.4%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 42.0% of the vote here (+42.0%).
  • New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 29.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.5% between them, down from 97.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 8.7% to 52.5%.

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

Electorate
7,90,288
Turnout
52.5%
Valid votes
4,15,180
Margin
51,392
12.38%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCIINCU swing
+12.4%
INCI share
0.0% 42.0%
INCU share
0.0% 29.6%
Turnout
61.3% 52.5%