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73. Rajmahal

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-RAJMAHAL

INCI 40.4%won by 18.1%JNP 22.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 18.1%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 40.4% of the vote here (+40.4%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 22.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.6% between them, down from 93.9% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.6% to 35.3%.

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

Electorate
6,29,351
Turnout
35.3%
Valid votes
2,22,165
Margin
40,190
18.09%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1SETH HEMREMINCI · INCI89,66140.4%
  2. 2PALU HASDAJanata Party · JNP49,47122.3%
  3. 3DHANAI KISKUIndependent · IND44,62920.1%
  4. 4FATHER ANTHONY MURMUJNPS · JNPS24,46811.0%
  5. 5MASIH SORENIndependent · IND6,9233.1%
  6. 6BHAGAT MURMUIndependent · IND2,6231.2%
  7. 7NARAYAN TUDUIndependent · IND2,3411.1%
  8. 8SOM MURMUJKD · JKD2,0490.9%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNP swing
+18.1%
INCI share
0.0% → 40.4%
JNP share
0.0% → 22.3%
Turnout
38.9% → 35.3%
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