Constituency
95. Samastipur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SAMASTIPUR
JNP 44.3%won by 22.9%INC 21.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 22.9%.
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 44.3% of the vote here (+44.3%).
- Multi-cornered4 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
57,349
Margin
13,130
22.89%
Candidates
18 contested · winner JNP- 1CHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGHJanata Party · JNP25,40644.3%
- 2RAMCHANDRA RAIIndian National Congress · INC12,27621.4%
- 3RAJDEV RAIIndependent · IND5,6629.9%
- 4ASHOK PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND4,6358.1%
- 5M. MANIRUZAMAIndependent · IND1,7683.1%
- 6ATIUL RAHMAN BEGIndependent · IND1,5562.7%
- 7BIHARI LAL PADDARIndependent · IND1,3392.3%
- 8RADHA DEVIIndependent · IND6981.2%
- 9SUBHASH PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND6741.2%
- 10M. NIZAMUDIN TUFANIndependent · IND6311.1%
- 11VISHWANATH THAKURIndependent · IND5631.0%
- 12VYAS NANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND5420.9%
- 13RATANJIT PATHAKIndependent · IND4880.9%
- 14SHEEB SHANKAR PD. CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND4830.8%
- 15RAJ KUMARIndependent · IND3090.5%
- 16VIRENDRA KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND1330.2%
- 17VASANT KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND980.2%
- 18VISHWANATH SAHIndependent · IND880.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- NCO
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +48.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.3%
- INC share
- 25.5% → 21.4%
- Turnout
- — → —