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82. Patna

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-PATNA

CPI 39.8%won by 4.9%JNP 34.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 4.9%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 11.9% to 39.8% of the vote here (+27.9%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 34.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.7% between them, down from 88.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 20.1% to 47.0%.

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

Electorate
8,95,002
Turnout
47.0%
Valid votes
4,20,310
Margin
20,413
4.86%

Candidates

30 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1RAMAVATAR SHASTRICommunist Party of India · CPI1,67,29039.8%
  2. 2MAHAMAYA PD. SINHAJanata Party · JNP1,46,87734.9%
  3. 3LALITA NARAYANINCI · INCI82,59319.7%
  4. 4RAM PUKAR VERMAIndependent · IND5,5871.3%
  5. 5SHIV NANDAN PRASADIndependent · IND3,0910.7%
  6. 6GANPAT RAIIndependent · IND1,9450.5%
  7. 7JAYANTI YADAVIndependent · IND1,4530.3%
  8. 8MATINUL HAQUEIndependent · IND1,3250.3%
  9. 9NAWAL KISHORE PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1,1150.3%
  10. 10SADHYA B. C.FBL · FBL9740.2%
  11. 11MEHDI MIANIndependent · IND9710.2%
  12. 12YOGESHWAR PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND7490.2%
  13. 13RAI, RAJENDRAIndependent · IND6930.2%
  14. 14UMA RAIIndependent · IND5270.1%
  15. 15KAMAL NARAYAN CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND4880.1%
  16. 16BHOLANATH CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND4730.1%
  17. 17RAKSHPAL N. K.Independent · IND4350.1%
  18. 18VINOD KUMAR SINHASanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD4150.1%
  19. 19RIPUDAMAN PD. SINGHIndependent · IND3930.1%
  20. 20KRISHAN THAKURIndependent · IND3930.1%
  21. 21AWADHESH KUMAR YADAVIndependent · IND3910.1%
  22. 22VASANT KUMAR PATHIKIndependent · IND3800.1%
  23. 23PANNA LAL GUPTAIndependent · IND3400.1%
  24. 24SACHIDANAND SAHAYIndependent · IND2820.1%
  25. 25RAJI RANJANIndependent · IND2500.1%
  26. 26VIJAY KUMARIndependent · IND2070.0%
  27. 27SAO, RAJENDRAIndependent · IND2020.0%
  28. 28VIJAY KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND2010.0%
  29. 29SUNIL KUMAR CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND1850.0%
  30. 30SUBHASH CHANDRA MEHTAIndependent · IND850.0%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–JNP swing
−7.0%
CPI share
11.9% → 39.8%
JNP share
0.0% → 34.9%
Turnout
67.0% → 47.0%
81. Nalanda83. Arrah
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