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72. Katihar

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-KATIHAR

INCI 44.2%won by 12.2%JNP 32.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 12.2%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 44.2% of the vote here (+44.2%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 32.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.2% between them, down from 96.9% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 7.6% to 51.0%.

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

Electorate
6,12,145
Turnout
51.0%
Valid votes
3,12,405
Margin
38,156
12.21%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1SHAH TARIQUE ANWARINCI · INCI1,38,09944.2%
  2. 2YUVRAJJanata Party · JNP99,94332.0%
  3. 3SAYED ZABIR HUSSAINJNPS · JNPS29,3519.4%
  4. 4SUBODH RAICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,1705.8%
  5. 5SATYA NARAIN BISWASINCU · INCU11,2183.6%
  6. 6SURYADEO SINGHIndependent · IND8,9702.9%
  7. 7COMRADE KUMARIndependent · IND3,7961.2%
  8. 8MANGAN INSANIndependent · IND2,4370.8%
  9. 9IBRAHIMIndependent · IND4210.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNP swing
+12.2%
INCI share
0.0% → 44.2%
JNP share
0.0% → 32.0%
Turnout
58.7% → 51.0%
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