Constituency
14. Dhaka
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-DHAKA
JNP 44.3%won by 15.6%INC 28.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 15.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 44.3% of the vote here (+44.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.0% of the vote between them, up from 61.2% — 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
76,043
Margin
11,884
15.63%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1SIYARAM THAKURJanata Party · JNP33,68644.3%
- 2HAFIZ IDRIS ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC21,80228.7%
- 3MOHAMAD ANWARIndependent · IND12,95817.0%
- 4TRIYOGI NARAIN JHAIndependent · IND6,0468.0%
- 5MOHAMMAD YAKUB AZADIndependent · IND1,5512.0%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +48.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.3%
- INC share
- 33.2% → 28.7%
- Turnout
- — → —