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66. Balia

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-BALIA

CPI 34.5%won by 0.5%INCI 34.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 0.5%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 26.5% to 34.5% of the vote here (+8.0%).
  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 34.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.0% to 53.4%.

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

Electorate
7,14,492
Turnout
53.4%
Valid votes
3,81,702
Margin
1,900
0.50%

Candidates

11 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1SURYA NARAYAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI1,31,67034.5%
  2. 2CHANDRABHANU DEVIINCI · INCI1,29,77034.0%
  3. 3RAMJIWAN SINGHJNPS · JNPS66,06917.3%
  4. 4BANARSI PRASAD SINGHJanata Party · JNP30,1247.9%
  5. 5RAMJI SAHNIIndependent · IND8,0022.1%
  6. 6PARMANAND PRASAD DASIndependent · IND7,5902.0%
  7. 7ASHARFI YADAVIndependent · IND2,1510.6%
  8. 8HASANIndependent · IND2,0180.5%
  9. 9SAFIQUEIndependent · IND1,8000.5%
  10. 10VIJAY SHANKAR TANTIIndependent · IND1,5730.4%
  11. 11VINDESHWARI GOPEIndependent · IND9350.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INCI swing
−26.0%
CPI share
26.5% → 34.5%
INCI share
0.0% → 34.0%
Turnout
58.5% → 53.4%
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