Constituency
18. Kesaria
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-KESARIA
CPI 54.5%won by 11.4%JNP 43.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.8% to 11.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 43.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.6% of the vote between them, up from 88.3% — 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
56,085
Margin
6,382
11.38%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPI- 1PITAMBAR SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI30,56054.5%
- 2RAI HARISHANKAR SHARMAJanata Party · JNP24,17843.1%
- 3PALTAN RAIIndependent · IND1,1332.0%
- 4NARAIN KISHORE PRASADIndependent · IND2140.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–JNP swing
- −40.2%
- CPI share
- 51.6% → 54.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 43.1%
- Turnout
- — → —