Constituency
54. Sahebganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SAHEBGANJ
CPM 63.1%won by 35.9%INC 27.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 35.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 26.8% to 63.1% of the vote here (+36.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.3% of the vote between them, up from 60.8% — 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
45,612
Margin
16,384
35.92%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPMSince 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +43.2%
- CPM share
- 26.8% → 63.1%
- INC share
- 34.1% → 27.2%
- Turnout
- — → —