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60. Madhubani

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-MADHUBANI

CPI 23.9%won by 4.8%INCI 19.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 4.8%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 30.7% to 23.9% of the vote here (−6.7%).
  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 19.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 43.1% between them, down from 73.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.4% to 61.0%.

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

Electorate
7,74,006
Turnout
61.0%
Valid votes
9,68,499
Margin
46,447
4.80%

Candidates

13 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1B.JHACommunist Party of India · CPI2,31,87423.9%
  2. 2SHAFIQULLAH ANSARIINCI · INCI1,85,42719.1%
  3. 3BHOGENDRA JHACommunist Party of India · CPI1,82,20418.8%
  4. 4M.R.Z.AJAZIINCI · INCI1,69,64817.5%
  5. 5BALIRAJ YADAVJanata Party · JNP86,5398.9%
  6. 6A.H.ANSARIJNPSC · JNPSC71,9397.4%
  7. 7B.YADAVJNPJP · JNPJP23,2312.4%
  8. 8MAHADEV SAHNIIndependent · IND7,3260.8%
  9. 9LAKSHMI NARAYAN YADAVIndependent · IND4,5710.5%
  10. 10RAJ NANDAN CHOWDHARYIndependent · IND3,1890.3%
  11. 11KEDAR NATH LALIndependent · IND1,2190.1%
  12. 12ANIRUDH SINGHIndependent · IND7220.1%
  13. 13SUBODH PRADHANIndependent · IND6100.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INCI swing
−25.9%
CPI share
30.7% → 23.9%
INCI share
0.0% → 19.1%
Turnout
67.3% → 61.0%
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