Constituency
57. Kurhani
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-KURHANI
JNP 74.9%won by 56.0%INC 18.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 56.0%.
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 74.9% of the vote here (+74.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.8% of the vote between them, up from 69.8% — 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
58,621
Margin
32,817
55.98%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1SABHU SARAN SHAHIJanata Party · JNP43,89574.9%
- 2HIND KESHARI YADAVIndian National Congress · INC11,07818.9%
- 3GANESH DUTT JHAIndependent · IND1,7613.0%
- 4RAM ASHISH RAIIndependent · IND6771.2%
- 5TRIBHUWAN THAKURIndependent · IND5530.9%
- 6SUDIST NARAIN CHOWDHARYIndependent · IND4970.8%
- 7JANARDAN SINGHIndependent · IND1600.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SOP
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +75.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 74.9%
- INC share
- 19.8% → 18.9%
- Turnout
- — → —