Constituency
75. Harlakhi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-HARLAKHI
CPI 42.5%won by 13.0%INC 29.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 13.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.1% between them, down from 94.2% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
65,515
Margin
8,534
13.03%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1BAIDYA NATH YADAVCommunist Party of India · CPI27,87042.5%
- 2SHAKOOR AHMADIndian National Congress · INC19,33629.5%
- 3BALIRAJ YADAVJanata Party · JNP15,35323.4%
- 4JUHAIR ANWARIndependent · IND2,0473.1%
- 5RAM SUKH SAHIndependent · IND4580.7%
- 6RAMSHRESTH THAKURIndependent · IND4510.7%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +16.5%
- CPI share
- 45.4% → 42.5%
- INC share
- 48.8% → 29.5%
- Turnout
- — → —