Constituency
37. Masrakh
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-MASRAKH
JNP 63.7%won by 47.2%IND 16.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 47.2%.
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 63.7% of the vote here (+63.7%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 16.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.2% between them, down from 93.3% — 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
55,229
Margin
26,066
47.20%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1KRISHNADEO NARAIN SINGHJanata Party · JNP35,19163.7%
- 2KASHI NATH RAIIndependent · IND9,12516.5%
- 3RAMDEO SINGHIndian National Congress · INC7,95814.4%
- 4CHHAVINATH SINGHIndependent · IND1,9163.5%
- 5PASHUPATIIndependent · IND6081.1%
- 6BAIJNATH SINGHIndependent · IND4310.8%
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
- +47.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 63.7%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 16.5%
- Turnout
- — → —