Constituency
105. Begusarai
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-BEGUSARAI
INC 34.0%won by 7.0%JNP 27.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 18.5% to 34.0% of the vote here (+15.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 27.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 61.0% of the vote between them, up from 52.8% — 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
50,489
Margin
3,523
6.98%
Candidates
17 contested · winner INC- 1BHOLA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC17,16134.0%
- 2RAMSAGAR PD. SINGHJanata Party · JNP13,63827.0%
- 3SUKHDEO SINGHIndependent · IND4,1178.2%
- 4NARAIN SHARMAIndependent · IND3,5747.1%
- 5GOGRAJ RUGTAIndependent · IND2,2244.4%
- 6RAJENDRAR SINGHIndependent · IND2,1514.3%
- 7RAM KISHUN SAHIndependent · IND1,6323.2%
- 8BAIJNATH MAHTOIndependent · IND1,0992.2%
- 9BHAGWAN PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1,0302.0%
- 10RAM SAKHA SINGHIndependent · IND8801.7%
- 11RAMRIJHAN KUMARIndependent · IND8171.6%
- 12DASRATH MEHTAIndependent · IND5661.1%
- 13JAY NATH PODARIndependent · IND5161.0%
- 14UPENDRA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND4100.8%
- 15USHA KIRAN DEVIIndependent · IND2960.6%
- 16RAM BAHADUR RAJAKIndependent · IND2240.4%
- 17JANARDHAN SINGHIndependent · IND1540.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −11.5%
- INC share
- 18.5% → 34.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.0%
- Turnout
- — → —