Constituency
15. Ghorasahan
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-GHORASAHAN
INC 36.3%won by 0.3%JNP 36.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 1.8% to 0.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 36.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.2% between them, down from 84.2% — the field split more ways.
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
58,854
Margin
175
0.30%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1RAJENDRA PRATAP SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,33536.3%
- 2MANGAL PRASAD YADAVJanata Party · JNP21,16036.0%
- 3RUKMINI SINHAIndependent · IND9,50816.2%
- 4RAGHUNATH SAHIndependent · IND4,9678.4%
- 5ABU MAHAMADIndependent · IND7891.3%
- 6RAM VISWASH PRASAD KASHWAHAIndependent · IND5831.0%
- 7JILDAR RAMIndependent · IND5120.9%
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
- −42.7%
- INC share
- 43.0% → 36.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 36.0%
- Turnout
- — → —