Constituency
38. Taraiya
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-TARAIYA
JNP 77.7%won by 59.7%INC 18.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 59.7%.
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 77.7% of the vote here (+77.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.7% of the vote between them, up from 71.8% — 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
50,444
Margin
30,136
59.74%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1DHARAM NATH SINGHJanata Party · JNP39,19577.7%
- 2PRABHUNATH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,05918.0%
- 3JAIDUTT CHATURVEDIIndependent · IND1,7743.5%
- 4RAMDAS RAIIndependent · IND1960.4%
- 5BAIDYANATH SINGHIndependent · IND1410.3%
- 6KARNA SINGHIndependent · IND790.2%
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
- +114.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 77.7%
- INC share
- 54.5% → 18.0%
- Turnout
- — → —