Constituency
49. Patepur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-PATEPUR
JNP 78.7%won by 59.3%CPI 19.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 59.3%.
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 78.7% of the vote here (+78.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 92.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
36,268
Margin
21,521
59.34%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JNP- 1PALTAN RAMJanata Party · JNP28,54678.7%
- 2RIJAHAN RAMCommunist Party of India · CPI7,02519.4%
- 3KAPILESHWAR RAM 'KESARI'Independent · IND6971.9%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPI swing
- +108.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 78.7%
- CPI share
- 49.2% → 19.4%
- Turnout
- — → —