Constituency
42. Garkha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-GARKHA
JNP 72.4%won by 48.1%INC 24.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 48.1%.
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 72.4% of the vote here (+72.4%).
- Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
49,033
Margin
23,587
48.10%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1MUNESHWAR CHOUDHARYJanata Party · JNP35,48172.4%
- 2RAGHU NANDAN MANJHIIndian National Congress · INC11,89424.3%
- 3RAMESHWAR DASIndependent · IND1,0512.1%
- 4JAGAN NATH CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND3350.7%
- 5BHOLA LAL DASIndependent · IND2720.6%
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
- +114.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 72.4%
- INC share
- 66.7% → 24.3%
- Turnout
- — → —