Constituency
36. Baniapur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-BANIAPUR
JNP 64.6%won by 44.2%INC 20.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 44.2%.
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 64.6% of the vote here (+64.6%).
- Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
51,576
Margin
22,807
44.22%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1RAMA KANT PANDEYJanata Party · JNP33,33664.6%
- 2UMA PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC10,52920.4%
- 3RAM BAHADUR RAIIndependent · IND6,28412.2%
- 4SHILA KUMARIIndependent · IND6191.2%
- 5KANHAIYA GIRIIndependent · IND6111.2%
- 6SHYAM NARAYAN BHARATIIndependent · IND1970.4%
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–INC swing
- +113.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 64.6%
- INC share
- 68.9% → 20.4%
- Turnout
- — → —