Constituency
56. Kanti
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-KANTI
JNP 41.8%won by 17.7%SUC 24.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 17.7%.
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 41.8% of the vote here (+41.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to SUC (SUC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.8% of the vote between them, up from 39.6% — 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
44,260
Margin
7,853
17.74%
Candidates
15 contested · winner JNP- 1THAKUR PD. SINGHJanata Party · JNP18,49541.8%
- 2NALINI RANJAN SINGHSUC · SUC10,64224.0%
- 3BHUBNESHWAR RAIIndependent · IND5,61212.7%
- 4SHAMBHU SARAN THAKURIndian National Congress · INC3,8438.7%
- 5YAMUNA PD. TRIPATHIIndependent · IND1,7263.9%
- 6SHAILENDRA KUMAR CHAWDHARYIndependent · IND1,4803.3%
- 7ISHWAR NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND5551.3%
- 8RAMCHANDRA SINGHIndependent · IND4621.0%
- 9RADHIKA DEVIIndependent · IND3760.8%
- 10GOSAI BHAGATIndependent · IND3070.7%
- 11RAJ MOHAN MISHRAIndependent · IND3030.7%
- 12HARIBANS SINGHIndependent · IND1560.4%
- 13ISRA MIANIndependent · IND1340.3%
- 14BHUSHAN PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1110.3%
- 15ANRUDH SINGHIndependent · IND580.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–SUC swing
- +33.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 41.8%
- SUC share
- 16.1% → 24.0%
- Turnout
- — → —