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81. Nalanda

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-NALANDA

CPI 38.4%won by 12.1%INCU 26.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 12.1%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 27.3% to 38.4% of the vote here (+11.1%).
  • New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 26.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.8% between them, down from 81.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 7.0% to 63.3%.

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

Electorate
8,18,349
Turnout
63.3%
Valid votes
5,17,792
Margin
62,601
12.09%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1VIJAY KUMAR YADAVCommunist Party of India · CPI1,98,95938.4%
  2. 2SIDHESHWAR PRASADINCU · INCU1,36,35826.3%
  3. 3RAM SHARAN PRASAD SINGHINCI · INCI1,17,43322.7%
  4. 4VIRENDRA PRASADJanata Party · JNP56,89611.0%
  5. 5RASHOSHIndependent · IND4,4970.9%
  6. 6VIJAYANAND PRASADIndependent · IND1,2710.2%
  7. 7BODH NARAYAN PRASADIndependent · IND1,0950.2%
  8. 8GULAB DASIndependent · IND7470.1%
  9. 9SACHIDA NANDAN PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND5360.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–INCU swing
−15.2%
CPI share
27.3% → 38.4%
INCU share
0.0% → 26.3%
Turnout
70.3% → 63.3%
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