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67. Saharsa

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-SAHARSA

INCI 39.7%won by 0.3%JNPS 39.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 0.3%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 39.7% of the vote here (+39.7%).
  • New challengerJNPS (JNPS) finished second with 39.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.2% between them, down from 93.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.7% to 61.2%.

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

Electorate
8,03,843
Turnout
61.2%
Valid votes
4,91,714
Margin
1,255
0.26%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1KAMAL NATH JHAINCI · INCI1,95,33739.7%
  2. 2VINAYAK PD. YADAVJNPS · JNPS1,94,08239.5%
  3. 3MOHAMMAD HAYAT ALIJanata Party · JNP70,69014.4%
  4. 4RAJ KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND12,8422.6%
  5. 5CHANDESHWAR SAHIndependent · IND6,4071.3%
  6. 6THAKO SADAIndependent · IND4,1410.8%
  7. 7MUSAHRU CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND3,8220.8%
  8. 8PANCHANAN YADAVIndependent · IND2,3160.5%
  9. 9RAM PRABODH RAIIndependent · IND2,0770.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNPS swing
+0.3%
INCI share
0.0% → 39.7%
JNPS share
0.0% → 39.5%
Turnout
66.9% → 61.2%
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