Constituency
20. Gobindganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-GOBINDGANJ
INC 60.0%won by 21.3%JNP 38.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.6% to 21.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 38.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.8% of the vote between them, up from 81.3% — 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
70,289
Margin
14,956
21.28%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1RAMASHANKAR PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC42,18660.0%
- 2MADAN MOHAN PRASAD SINGHJanata Party · JNP27,23038.7%
- 3NAWAL PANDEYIndependent · IND8731.2%
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
- −28.7%
- INC share
- 50.0% → 60.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 38.7%
- Turnout
- — → —