Constituency
65. Belsand
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-BELSAND
JNP 37.2%won by 13.5%IND 23.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 13.5%.
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 37.2% of the vote here (+37.2%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from SOP (SOP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.9% between them, down from 78.0% — 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
51,719
Margin
6,976
13.49%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1RAGHUBANS PRASAD SINGHJanata Party · JNP19,23937.2%
- 2RAMCHANDRA RAIIndependent · IND12,26323.7%
- 3UDAI PRATAP SINGHIndian National Congress · INC8,25616.0%
- 4UMAKANT SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI7,41814.3%
- 5KAMALDEO NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND4,2068.1%
- 6SHEO SHANKAR SINGHIndependent · IND3370.7%
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–IND swing
- +34.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 37.2%
- IND share
- 21.2% → 23.7%
- Turnout
- — → —