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Bihar · PC 13 · 1980 by-election
MadhubaniLok Sabha by-election result, 1980
B.Jha (CPI) won Madhubani in the 1980 Lok Sabha by-election with 46.7% of the vote, beating M.R.Z.Ajazi (INC(I)) by 62,226 votes.
Winner — 1980 by-election
CPI 46.7%INC(I) 34.2%2 others 19.2%
Votes
2,31,874
46.7% share
Winning margin
62,226
12.5% of votes
Total votes cast
4,96,692
Candidates
4
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.JHA | 2,31,87446.7% | |
| 2 | M.R.Z.AJAZI  INC(I) | INC(I) | 1,69,64834.2% |
| 3 | A.H.ANSARI JNP(SC) | JNP(SC) | 71,93914.5% |
| 4 | B.YADAV JNP(JP) | JNP(JP) | 23,2314.7% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
A clear win, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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12.5%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Two or three
CPI, INC(I) and JNP(SC) took 95% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.80 — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How often does it back the winner?
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…How did the vote split?
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46.7%won by CPI
CPI 46.7%INC(I) 34.2%JNP(SC) 14.5%Others 4.7%
This seat number was reused from 2009. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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