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Constituency

44. Sonepur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

BR-SONEPUR

JNP 60.7%won by 37.7%IND 23.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 37.7%.

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 60.7% of the vote here (+60.7%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.0% — it polled just 1.3% in 1972.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.6% between them, down from 93.1% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
67,136
Margin
25,336
37.74%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNPIND swing
+39.0%
JNP share
0.0% 60.7%
IND share
1.3% 23.0%
Turnout