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70. Kishanganj

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-KISHANGANJ

INCI 54.2%won by 31.5%JNP 22.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 31.5%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 54.2% of the vote here (+54.2%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 22.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.0% between them, down from 89.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.1% to 44.8%.

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

Electorate
7,02,809
Turnout
44.8%
Valid votes
3,14,774
Margin
99,049
31.47%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1ZAMILUR RAHMANINCI · INCI1,70,66254.2%
  2. 2HALIMUDDIN AHMADJanata Party · JNP71,61322.8%
  3. 3KHALILUR RAHAMANJNPS · JNPS60,03919.1%
  4. 4JOGESHWAR DOMEIndependent · IND4,3241.4%
  5. 5ZAKIR ALI IRAQUIIndependent · IND3,4811.1%
  6. 6SANTOSH KUMAR GHOSHIndependent · IND1,8650.6%
  7. 7KU. UDAI BHANU ROYIndependent · IND1,7190.5%
  8. 8FIROZ HASANIndependent · IND1,0710.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNP swing
+31.5%
INCI share
0.0% → 54.2%
JNP share
0.0% → 22.8%
Turnout
47.9% → 44.8%
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