Constituency
29. Siwan
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SIWAN
JNP 39.5%won by 14.6%INC 24.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 14.6%.
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 39.5% of the vote here (+39.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.5% between them, down from 78.5% — 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
55,615
Margin
8,112
14.59%
Candidates
10 contested · winner JNP- 1GHULAM SARWARJanata Party · JNP21,98139.5%
- 2SEROJUL HAGUEIndian National Congress · INC13,86924.9%
- 3JANARDAN TIWARYIndependent · IND11,08419.9%
- 4AWADH BIHARI CAHUDHARYIndependent · IND6,76012.2%
- 5SARYUG PRASADIndependent · IND7191.3%
- 6RAM BALAKIndependent · IND4610.8%
- 7KAMLESHWAR SHAHIIndependent · IND2670.5%
- 8DURGA PRASAD SINHAIndependent · IND1850.3%
- 9SHYAMA SINHAIndependent · IND1840.3%
- 10VIJAY CHANDRA SINHAIndependent · IND1050.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +50.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 39.5%
- INC share
- 35.7% → 24.9%
- Turnout
- — → —