Constituency
12. Motihari
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-MOTIHARI
INC 56.5%won by 29.8%JNP 26.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.9% to 29.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 26.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.1% of the vote between them, up from 70.9% — 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
51,852
Margin
15,453
29.80%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1PRABHAWATI GUPTAIndian National Congress · INC29,28256.5%
- 2RAGHUNATH GUPTAJanata Party · JNP13,82926.7%
- 3NASIM AHMEDIndependent · IND8,74116.9%
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
- −12.6%
- INC share
- 42.4% → 56.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 26.7%
- Turnout
- — → —