Election
Constituency

91. Chatra

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-CHATRA

INCI 40.0%won by 17.1%JNP 22.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 17.1%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 40.0% of the vote here (+40.0%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 22.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.9% between them, down from 97.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.3% to 40.5%.

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

Electorate
6,58,959
Turnout
40.5%
Valid votes
2,66,838
Margin
45,586
17.08%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1RANJIT SINGHINCI · INCI1,06,75140.0%
  2. 2SUKDEO PRASAD VERMAJanata Party · JNP61,16522.9%
  3. 3SACHITA NAND SINGHJNPS · JNPS46,54517.4%
  4. 4MUSTAQUE ALI KHANIndependent · IND19,9347.5%
  5. 5BADRI NARAYAN GUPTAIndependent · IND8,5693.2%
  6. 6CHATUR SINGHIndependent · IND6,4132.4%
  7. 7CHANDRADIP GOPEIndependent · IND4,4611.7%
  8. 8CHANDRA BHUSHAN SINGHIndependent · IND4,3471.6%
  9. 9RAM PRASAD DUBEYIndependent · IND3,4801.3%
  10. 10BALESHWAR PRASADJKD · JKD1,7740.7%
  11. 11KAMDEO SINGHIndependent · IND1,7160.6%
  12. 12ANWAR RAHIIndependent · IND1,6830.6%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNP swing
+17.1%
INCI share
0.0% → 40.0%
JNP share
0.0% → 22.9%
Turnout
46.8% → 40.5%
90. Gaya92. Kodarma
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