Election
Constituency

51. Lalganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

BR-LALGANJ

JNP 58.8%won by 45.7%INC 13.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 45.7%.

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 58.8% of the vote here (+58.8%).
  • Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
50,473
Margin
23,067
45.70%

Candidates

12 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1ARUN KUMAR SINHAJanata Party · JNP29,65758.8%
  2. 2UMESH PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC6,59013.1%
  3. 3YOGENDRA RAYIndependent · IND6,31312.5%
  4. 4HARIVANSH KUMARIndependent · IND2,6485.2%
  5. 5BHOLA SAHIndependent · IND1,8563.7%
  6. 6PRAMOD NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,1062.2%
  7. 7JAIMANGAL PD. SINGHIndependent · IND7451.5%
  8. 8SHIVSHANKAR SINGHIndependent · IND6111.2%
  9. 9RAGHUPATI SINGHIndependent · IND3870.8%
  10. 10ASUTOSH KUMARIndependent · IND3290.7%
  11. 11BALESHWAR PANDEYIndependent · IND1850.4%
  12. 12HARIWANSH NARAYAN SINHAIndependent · IND460.1%

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
JNP–INC swing
+95.2%
JNP share
0.0% → 58.8%
INC share
49.5% → 13.1%
Turnout
— → —
50. Mahua52. Vaishali
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