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Lok Sabha · 8 seats by-polled across 5 states

By-elections 1981

By-elections fill seats vacated mid-term. They are separate contests, not a general election: no government was formed and no majority was at stake, so these results are shown as a table rather than a map. All Lok Sabha elections →
Seats won
INC(I): 5 seats (62.5%)BJP: 1 seats (12.5%)CPM: 1 seats (12.5%)INC: 1 seats (12.5%)8seats
Madhya Pradesh · Maharashtra · Odisha · Uttar Pradesh · West Bengal

Seats by-polled — 1981

8 seats
ConstituencyWinnerPartyMargin
Nandrbar(ST)
PC 51
G.M.HODLYA
INC
1,27,393
42.0%
Sagar(SC)
PC 5
R.P.AHIRWAR
BJP
4,025
1.3%
Cuttack
PC 6
J.PATNAIK(W)
INC(I)
49,852
17.8%
Barelly
PC 12
B.A.AHMAD(W)
INC(I)
35,296
14.3%
Amethi
PC 25
R.GHANDHI
INC(I)
2,37,696
77.3%
Mirzapur
PC 54
UMAKANT
INC(I)
30,170
14.8%
Allahabad
PC 56
K.P.TIWARI
INC(I)
46,691
25.5%
Serampore
PC 26
AJIT BEG
CPM
96,549
22.0%
Source: Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University