Constituency
1. Dhanaha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-DHANAHA
INC 50.2%won by 0.4%JNP 49.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.0% to 0.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 49.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 84.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
33,616
Margin
124
0.37%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1HAR DEO PRASADIndian National Congress · INC16,87050.2%
- 2YOGENDRA PD. SRIVASTAVAJanata Party · JNP16,74649.8%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −47.9%
- INC share
- 48.2% → 50.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 49.8%
- Turnout
- — → —