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71. Purnea

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-PURNEA

INCI 48.5%won by 18.4%JNPS 30.1%

What changed here

Derived

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

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 48.5% of the vote here (+48.5%).
  • New challengerJNPS (JNPS) finished second with 30.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.6% between them, down from 86.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 9.2% to 49.0%.

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

Electorate
6,86,099
Turnout
49.0%
Valid votes
3,35,914
Margin
61,956
18.44%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1MADHURI SINGHINCI · INCI1,63,02248.5%
  2. 2NIYANAND ARYAJNPS · JNPS1,01,06630.1%
  3. 3LAKHANLAL KAPOORJanata Party · JNP53,23315.8%
  4. 4TRIVENI SINGHIndependent · IND4,5631.4%
  5. 5CHANDRA KANT SARKARIndependent · IND3,9841.2%
  6. 6UMA KANT SINGHIndependent · IND3,9131.2%
  7. 7VISHWANATH AGRAWALIndependent · IND1,6800.5%
  8. 8SATNARAYAN PODDAR KAVI SAURTABHIndependent · IND1,3930.4%
  9. 9ASGAR ALAMIndependent · IND1,1570.3%
  10. 10MUNSHI MURAMIndependent · IND1,0340.3%
  11. 11RAM KISAN PD. SAHIndependent · IND8690.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNPS swing
+18.4%
INCI share
0.0% → 48.5%
JNPS share
0.0% → 30.1%
Turnout
58.2% → 49.0%
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