Constituency
10. Raxaul
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-RAXAUL
INC 43.1%won by 6.9%JNP 36.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.5% to 6.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 36.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.4% of the vote between them, up from 71.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
52,297
Margin
3,586
6.86%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1SAGIR AHMADIndian National Congress · INC22,56543.1%
- 2SHANKAR PD. YADAVJanata Party · JNP18,97936.3%
- 3MOHAMMAD SAFIIndependent · IND7,56814.5%
- 4PARMESHWAR DAYAL SINGHIndependent · IND1,2202.3%
- 5SHIVENDRA KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,0792.1%
- 6PHULENA SINGHIndependent · IND3540.7%
- 7DEONARAIN PRASADIndependent · IND2670.5%
- 8RAM PD. SINGHIndependent · IND1420.3%
- 9AKHTAR HUSSAINIndependent · IND1230.2%
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
- −31.3%
- INC share
- 38.1% → 43.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 36.3%
- Turnout
- — → —