Constituency
33. Maharajganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1980
BR-MAHARAJGANJ
JNP 42.7%won by 6.8%INC 35.9%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.6% to 6.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
73,921
Margin
5,039
6.82%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1UMASHANKAR SINGH (SAWAN BIGRAH)Janata Party · JNP31,58942.7%
- 2ANUSUYA JAYASWALIndian National Congress · INC26,55035.9%
- 3UMASHANKAR SINGH (BAJRAHIA)Communist Party of India · CPI11,55615.6%
- 4SHEO PRASHAN YADAVINCU · INCU2,5883.5%
- 5YENGALI THAKURJNPSC · JNPSC1,6382.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- JNP
- JNP–INC swing
- −42.1%
- JNP share
- 59.2% → 42.7%
- INC share
- 10.2% → 35.9%
- Turnout
- — → —