Constituency
58. Sakra
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SAKRA
JNP 68.9%won by 49.5%INC 19.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 49.5%.
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 68.9% of the vote here (+68.9%).
- Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
48,857
Margin
24,207
49.55%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1SHIVANANDAN PASWANJanata Party · JNP33,65968.9%
- 2FAKIRCHAND RAMIndian National Congress · INC9,45219.3%
- 3SHITAL RAMIndependent · IND3,0376.2%
- 4BACHU LAL AZADIndependent · IND1,5413.2%
- 5NEWALAL MEHTOIndependent · IND6851.4%
- 6RAMKESHI RAMIndependent · IND4831.0%
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
- +86.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 68.9%
- INC share
- 37.0% → 19.3%
- Turnout
- — → —