Constituency
96. Sarairanjan
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SARAIRANJAN
JNP 54.6%won by 25.8%INC 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 25.8%.
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 54.6% of the vote here (+54.6%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from SOP (SOP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.5% of the vote between them, up from 66.6% — 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
64,168
Margin
16,524
25.75%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1YASHODA NAND SINGHJanata Party · JNP35,04654.6%
- 2RAMAKANT JHAIndian National Congress · INC18,52228.9%
- 3RAJENDRA RAIIndependent · IND4,1756.5%
- 4RAM LAKHAN SAHANIIndependent · IND3,9186.1%
- 5RAM BILAS MISHRAIndependent · IND1,0601.7%
- 6MOINUDIN AKHTARIndependent · IND1,0521.6%
- 7YOGINDRA JHAIndependent · IND3950.6%
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–INC swing
- +52.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 54.6%
- INC share
- 27.2% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- — → —