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65. Barh

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-BARH

INCU 40.2%won by 6.6%JNP 33.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCU (INCU), which now leads by 6.6%.

  • INCU vote shareINCU went from 0.0% to 40.2% of the vote here (+40.2%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 33.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.7% between them, down from 96.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 9.5% to 61.4%.

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

Electorate
7,80,459
Turnout
61.4%
Valid votes
4,79,125
Margin
31,606
6.60%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INCU
  1. 1DHARMVIR SINGHINCU · INCU1,92,40740.2%
  2. 2KAMLA DEVIJanata Party · JNP1,60,80133.6%
  3. 3RAM RAJ PRASAD SINGHINCI · INCI1,02,56621.4%
  4. 4VIJAYANAND PURIIndependent · IND5,4491.1%
  5. 5NEPALI GOPEIndependent · IND3,3870.7%
  6. 6VRAHMDEO PRASADIndependent · IND3,0180.6%
  7. 7LAKSHMI NARAYAN PRASADIndependent · IND2,0190.4%
  8. 8DEO KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,9560.4%
  9. 9JHARI DASRPI · RPI1,8630.4%
  10. 10SITARAM PASWANIndependent · IND1,5770.3%
  11. 11AJIT KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND1,4680.3%
  12. 12TANESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND1,3300.3%
  13. 13SATYADEO PRASADIndependent · IND7140.1%
  14. 14VINOD RABIDASIndependent · IND5700.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCUflipped
INCU–JNP swing
+6.6%
INCU share
0.0% → 40.2%
JNP share
0.0% → 33.6%
Turnout
70.9% → 61.4%
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