Constituency
33. Maharajganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-MAHARAJGANJ
JNP 59.2%won by 41.6%IND 17.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 41.6%.
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 59.2% of the vote here (+59.2%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 17.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.7% between them, down from 95.1% — 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
63,642
Margin
26,480
41.61%
Candidates
11 contested · winner JNP- 1UMA SHANKAR SINGHJanata Party · JNP37,65759.2%
- 2NAND KISHORE SINGHIndependent · IND11,17717.6%
- 3DEVENDRA KUMARIndian National Congress · INC6,51210.2%
- 4JITENDRA YADAVIndependent · IND6,0659.5%
- 5SUDAMA KAURIndependent · IND1,2411.9%
- 6DHANANJOY PRASADIndependent · IND3240.5%
- 7ANIRUDH SINGHIndependent · IND2330.4%
- 8BRIJ BHUSHAN SINGHIndependent · IND1380.2%
- 9RAVI SHANKAR SINGHIndependent · IND1290.2%
- 10SHARDA DEVIIndependent · IND1210.2%
- 11SURENDRA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND450.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–IND swing
- +41.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 59.2%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 17.6%
- Turnout
- — → —