Constituency
80. Jhanjharpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-JHANJHARPUR
INC 60.6%won by 28.8%JNP 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.3% to 28.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
72,609
Margin
20,927
28.82%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1JAGANNATH MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC44,03760.6%
- 2JAGDISH NARAIN CHAUDHARYJanata Party · JNP23,11031.8%
- 3MOHAMAD BADRUDDINIndependent · IND1,5352.1%
- 4RAMPHAL CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1,5152.1%
- 5SHIV SHANKAR MISHRAIndependent · IND1,4742.0%
- 6CHANDU KANT JHAIndependent · IND4270.6%
- 7PADAM NARAIN JHAIndependent · IND1850.3%
- 8PRAYAG LAL YADAVIndependent · IND1660.2%
- 9JAGRANATH MISHRAIndependent · IND1600.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −41.0%
- INC share
- 69.8% → 60.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —