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Bihar · PC 41 · 1980
Jahanabad
Winner — Lok Sabha 1980
MAHENDARA PRASAD
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 40.6%CPI 35.7%9 others 23.8%
Votes
2,31,946
41.2% share
Winning margin
28,142
5.0% of votes
Total votes cast
5,71,648
Candidates
11
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAHENDARA PRASAD |  INC(I) | 2,31,946 | 41.2% |
| 2 | CHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGH | 2,03,804 | 36.2% | |
| 3 | BRAJNANDAN SAHAY | IND | 66,013 | 11.7% |
| 4 | HARI LAL PRASAD SINHA | 54,456 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | SHANKAR PRASAD SINGH | IND | 2,184 | 0.4% |
| 6 | GANESH PRASAD SINGH | IND | 1,456 | 0.3% |
| 7 | JAGANNATH ACHARYA | IND | 1,323 | 0.2% |
| 8 | MD. ALI | IND | 813 | 0.1% |
| 9 | RAMANAND PRASAD MOCHI | IND | 633 | 0.1% |
| 10 | RAM JATAN PRASAD | IND | 554 | 0.1% |
| 11 | AKHILESH SHARMA | IND | 361 | 0.1% |
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 two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean5.0%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 11.4% · min 2.2% · max 51.2%
How contested is turnout?
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71%
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How crowded is the field?
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2.72
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How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDHow often does it back the winner?
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neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
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2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 41.2%CPI 36.2%IND 11.7%JNP 9.7%OTH 1.3%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDHistorical constituency — last contested in 1999. Redrawn or abolished in a later delimitation, so it has no present-day district or state context; its full territorial history is above and in the Seat-history drawer.