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55. Muzaffarpur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-MUZAFFARPUR

INC 59.3%won by 27.1%LKD 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: JNPS (JNPS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 27.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 59.3% of the vote here (+59.3%).
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 32.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.5% of the vote between them, up from 81.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.7% to 68.2%.

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

Electorate
8,05,213
Turnout
68.2%
Valid votes
5,48,778
Margin
1,48,974
27.15%

Candidates

17 contested · winner INC
  1. 1LALITESHWAR PRASAD SHAHIIndian National Congress · INC3,25,60459.3%
  2. 2JAINARAYAN PRASAD NISHADLKD · LKD1,76,63032.2%
  3. 3VINODANAND SINGHJanata Party · JNP17,0083.1%
  4. 4JITENDRA PRASADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,5493.0%
  5. 5VISUNDEO PANDEYIndependent · IND2,0030.4%
  6. 6RAVINATH GIRIIndependent · IND1,6130.3%
  7. 7SARAI KU. SHEELIndependent · IND1,4100.3%
  8. 8KAMESHWAR PRASAD SINHAIndependent · IND1,3840.3%
  9. 9BHUPAL SINGHIndependent · IND1,3220.2%
  10. 10RAMASHANKAR SHAHIIndependent · IND1,2190.2%
  11. 11NAVIN KUMAR AVINASHIIndependent · IND1,0670.2%
  12. 12PRAHLAD BAITHAIndependent · IND7700.1%
  13. 13BACHCHULAL AZADIndependent · IND6540.1%
  14. 14SHAMBHU RAIIndependent · IND5910.1%
  15. 15AMITABH KUMARIndependent · IND3440.1%
  16. 16MAHENDRA OJHAIndependent · IND3080.1%
  17. 17SITARAM RAIIndependent · IND3020.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JNPS
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–LKD swing
+27.1%
INC share
0.0% → 59.3%
LKD share
0.0% → 32.2%
Turnout
59.5% → 68.2%
54. Vaishali56. Sitamarhi
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