Constituency
106. Barauni
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-BARAUNI
CPI 67.4%won by 42.0%JNP 25.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.0% to 42.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 25.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.8% of the vote between them, up from 84.9% — 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
65,087
Margin
27,364
42.04%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPI- 1SURYANARAYAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI43,87767.4%
- 2KAPIL DEV SINGHJanata Party · JNP16,51325.4%
- 3SHANKAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,7432.7%
- 4AWADH NARAYAN MAHTOIndependent · IND1,1451.8%
- 5VIJAY SHANKAR TANTIIndependent · IND8171.3%
- 6LAXMI CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND6080.9%
- 7RAMANAND SINGHIndependent · IND3840.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–JNP swing
- −6.4%
- CPI share
- 48.4% → 67.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 25.4%
- Turnout
- — → —