Constituency
70. Sonabarsa
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SONABARSA
INC 31.1%won by 9.9%JNP 21.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 35.1% to 31.1% of the vote here (−4.0%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 21.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.3% between them, down from 87.9% — 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
74,458
Margin
7,379
9.91%
Candidates
19 contested · winner INC- 1MAHMUD ALAMIndian National Congress · INC23,16931.1%
- 2SURYADEO PURBEYJanata Party · JNP15,79021.2%
- 3RAM NANDAN RAIIndependent · IND11,56415.5%
- 4INDAL SINGHIndependent · IND8,09910.9%
- 5RAJ KISHORE SAHIndependent · IND6,2588.4%
- 6JAGARNATH PD. SINGHIndependent · IND3,3504.5%
- 7RAJ KISHORE RAIIndependent · IND2,2243.0%
- 8MAHMAD SULEMANIndependent · IND1,3521.8%
- 9SURYADEO MAHTOIndependent · IND9411.3%
- 10SITA RAM MAHTOIndependent · IND3770.5%
- 11FULDENDA SINGHIndependent · IND3310.4%
- 12RAM CHANDRA RAIIndependent · IND2290.3%
- 13IZARUL HAQUEIndependent · IND2160.3%
- 14IRLAL MEHTAIndependent · IND1560.2%
- 15BAIDYANATH SAHIndependent · IND1100.1%
- 16CHANDESHWARI PRASADIndependent · IND1020.1%
- 17ASARAF ALIIndependent · IND800.1%
- 18HARICHANDRA RAIIndependent · IND760.1%
- 19HARIHAR PRASADIndependent · IND340.0%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SOP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −25.2%
- INC share
- 35.1% → 31.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 21.2%
- Turnout
- — → —