Constituency
83. Madhepur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-MADHEPUR
INC 51.6%won by 5.7%JNP 45.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.6% to 5.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 45.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.5% of the vote between them, up from 81.8% — 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
80,464
Margin
4,604
5.72%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RADHANANDAN JHAIndian National Congress · INC41,54851.6%
- 2MAHAVIR PR. MAHTONJanata Party · JNP36,94445.9%
- 3NAGENDRA JHAIndependent · IND1,0911.4%
- 4DEOCHANDRA JHAIndependent · IND8811.1%
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
- −45.5%
- INC share
- 51.2% → 51.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 45.9%
- Turnout
- — → —