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64. Samastipur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-SAMASTIPUR

JNPS 50.3%won by 18.4%INCI 31.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to JNPS (JNPS), which now leads by 18.4%.

  • JNPS vote shareJNPS went from 0.0% to 50.3% of the vote here (+50.3%).
  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 31.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.2% between them, down from 92.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 14.5% to 55.3%.

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

Electorate
8,49,825
Turnout
55.3%
Valid votes
4,70,222
Margin
86,524
18.40%

Candidates

14 contested · winner JNPS
  1. 1AJIT KUMAR MEHTAJNPS · JNPS2,36,43650.3%
  2. 2K. K. MANDALINCI · INCI1,49,91231.9%
  3. 3KAILASHPATI SINGHJanata Party · JNP55,24511.7%
  4. 4UMADHAR SINGHIndependent · IND13,1512.8%
  5. 5KAMESHWAR PRASAD THAKURIndependent · IND3,1100.7%
  6. 6BHIKHAR MAHTOIndependent · IND2,5520.5%
  7. 7BADRI NARAIN PODDARIndependent · IND2,2870.5%
  8. 8MAHESHWAR DASIndependent · IND1,8310.4%
  9. 9JAGANNATH PODDARIndependent · IND1,7420.4%
  10. 10NAZIR MIANIndependent · IND1,1110.2%
  11. 11KIRA MOCHIndependent · IND1,0120.2%
  12. 12MAHABIR CHOUBEYIndependent · IND6980.1%
  13. 13BHAI GOPALIndependent · IND6620.1%
  14. 14JAGDISH PRASAD RAIIndependent · IND4730.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
JNPSflipped
JNPS–INCI swing
+18.4%
JNPS share
0.0% → 50.3%
INCI share
0.0% → 31.9%
Turnout
69.8% → 55.3%
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