Constituency
89. Darbhanga
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-DARBHANGA
JNP 61.6%won by 45.9%CPI 15.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 45.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 61.6% of the vote here (+61.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.4% of the vote between them, up from 51.5% — 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
61,249
Margin
28,084
45.85%
Candidates
16 contested · winner JNP- 1SHIVNATH VERMAJanata Party · JNP37,73761.6%
- 2RAMBALLABH JALANCommunist Party of India · CPI9,65315.8%
- 3NAZIMIndependent · IND8,86214.5%
- 4LAXMI SAHNIIndependent · IND1,2662.1%
- 5DINROJ SHANDILAYIndependent · IND9451.5%
- 6VISHWA NATH MAHTONIndependent · IND4910.8%
- 7KAPILDEO YADAVIndependent · IND4180.7%
- 8SHANSUL HAQUEIndependent · IND3720.6%
- 9RAM NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND2890.5%
- 10RAGHUNATHON MATHONIndependent · IND2170.4%
- 11KAMESHWAR PURBEYIndependent · IND2040.3%
- 12NABAL KISHORE SHARMAIndependent · IND2020.3%
- 13TRIBENI PURBEYIndependent · IND1950.3%
- 14UMAR FARIDIndependent · IND1770.3%
- 15SURAJ MAHASETHIndependent · IND1220.2%
- 16WASHI AHMADIndependent · IND990.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPI swing
- +70.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 61.6%
- CPI share
- 25.1% → 15.8%
- Turnout
- — → —