Constituency

61. Gaighatti

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

BR-GAIGHATTI

JNP 55.0%won by 21.1%IND 33.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 21.1%.

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 55.0% of the vote here (+55.0%).
New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 33.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.0% between them, down from 98.7% — 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

59,957

Margin

12,622

21.05%

4 contested · winner JNP

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.