Constituency
55. Baruraj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-BARURAJ
CPI 27.7%won by 6.2%IND 21.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 6.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 27.7% of the vote here (+27.7%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 21.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 49.1% between them, down from 97.3% — the field split more ways.
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
54,787
Margin
3,409
6.22%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPI- 1BALENDRA PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI15,16527.7%
- 2SHASHI KUMAR RAIIndependent · IND11,75621.5%
- 3MANORANJAN SAHIJanata Party · JNP11,22020.5%
- 4JAMUNA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,31117.0%
- 5SHIV KUMAR PRASADIndependent · IND2,8475.2%
- 6BHOW CHANDRA PANDEYIndependent · IND2,5964.7%
- 7DAROGA RAIIndependent · IND1,7383.2%
- 8SAMIULLAHIndependent · IND1540.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SOP
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–IND swing
- +6.2%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 27.7%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 21.5%
- Turnout
- — → —