Constituency
40. Jalalpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-JALALPUR
JNP 59.2%won by 40.5%INC 18.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 40.5%.
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%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.9% of the vote between them, up from 68.7% — 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
57,692
Margin
23,388
40.54%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1CAMESHWAR SINGHJanata Party · JNP34,16159.2%
- 2KUMAR KALIKA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC10,77318.7%
- 3RAMAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND6,29810.9%
- 4ABDUL GAFIAR KHANIndependent · IND3,2755.7%
- 5INDRADEO YADAVIndependent · IND2,6104.5%
- 6SHEO SAKAL DASIndependent · IND5180.9%
- 7SHRI BHAGWAN RAIIndependent · IND570.1%
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–INC swing
- +91.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 59.2%
- INC share
- 50.8% → 18.7%
- Turnout
- — → —