Constituency
59. Muzaffarpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-MUZAFFARPUR
JNP 55.4%won by 25.7%CPI 29.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 25.7%.
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 55.4% of the vote here (+55.4%).
- 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
53,170
Margin
13,681
25.73%
Candidates
20 contested · winner JNP- 1MANJAY LALJanata Party · JNP29,44655.4%
- 2RAMDEV SHARMACommunist Party of India · CPI15,76529.7%
- 3KRISHNA NANDAN SAHAYIndependent · IND3,1776.0%
- 4SHIVA SHANKAR RAZAKIndependent · IND7611.4%
- 5SHIV SWAROOP SHARMAIndependent · IND7481.4%
- 6KRISHNA MURARI PANDEYIndependent · IND4940.9%
- 7M. JIYAUDDINIndependent · IND4100.8%
- 8PEYARE RAMIndependent · IND4100.8%
- 9DEVENDRA RAKESHIndependent · IND3990.8%
- 10SHIV NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND2910.5%
- 11BINDHU BHUSHAN CHAKRAWARTIIndependent · IND2210.4%
- 12TRIBHUWAN NATH CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1860.3%
- 13KAMALESHWAR PRASAD SINHAIndependent · IND1380.3%
- 14RAGHUBIR PRASADIndependent · IND1370.3%
- 15BINDA SINGHIndependent · IND1290.2%
- 16MUKTESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND1140.2%
- 17VISHWANATH PRASAD GUPTAIndependent · IND1030.2%
- 18MANOJ KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND1020.2%
- 19SARYU TIWARIIndependent · IND840.2%
- 20SITARAM SAHNIIndependent · IND550.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPI swing
- +77.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 55.4%
- CPI share
- 52.2% → 29.7%
- Turnout
- — → —