Constituency
26. Baikunthpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-BAIKUNTHPUR
JNP 63.4%won by 35.9%CPI 27.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 35.9%.
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 63.4% of the vote here (+63.4%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 27.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.8% of the vote between them, up from 77.9% — 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
57,047
Margin
20,508
35.95%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1BRAJ KISHORE NARAIN SINGHJanata Party · JNP36,14663.4%
- 2DEONANDAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI15,63827.4%
- 3YOGENDRA SINGH YADAVIndependent · IND5,0438.8%
- 4SURESH PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND2200.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SOP
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPI swing
- +35.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 63.4%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 27.4%
- Turnout
- — → —