Constituency
67. Sitamarhi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SITAMARHI
INC 46.6%won by 18.3%JNP 28.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 18.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 46.6% of the vote here (+46.6%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 28.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.0% of the vote between them, up from 69.9% — 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
58,944
Margin
10,759
18.25%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1RAM SAGAR PD. YADAVIndian National Congress · INC27,48246.6%
- 2RAMSWARATH RAIJanata Party · JNP16,72328.4%
- 3RAM SWAROOP SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI7,26412.3%
- 4RAM SAKAL SINGHIndependent · IND5,7419.7%
- 5RAM GULAM KHIRHARIndependent · IND6181.0%
- 6DUKH BHAJAN KUMARIndependent · IND5460.9%
- 7SATYANDRA NATH VERMAIndependent · IND3490.6%
- 8ISHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND1770.3%
- 9SATYA NARAIN PRASAD KESRIIndependent · IND440.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- +18.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 46.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 28.4%
- Turnout
- — → —