Constituency
73. Benipatti
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-BENIPATTI
CPI 50.8%won by 10.4%JNP 40.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.2% to 10.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 40.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.3% of the vote between them, up from 84.1% — 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
65,442
Margin
6,804
10.40%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPI- 1TEJ NARAYAN JHACommunist Party of India · CPI33,26350.8%
- 2NARAMADESHWAR SINGH AZADJanata Party · JNP26,45940.4%
- 3ABHESH CHANDRA JHAIndependent · IND5,2838.1%
- 4RAM GANESH PANDEYIndependent · IND2760.4%
- 5LAL MOHAN AKELAIndependent · IND1610.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–JNP swing
- −37.2%
- CPI share
- 47.6% → 50.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 40.4%
- Turnout
- — → —