Constituency
111. Kishanpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-KISHANPUR
JNP 72.1%won by 51.4%INC 20.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 51.4%.
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 72.1% of the vote here (+72.1%).
- Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 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
62,667
Margin
32,201
51.38%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1BAIDHYA NATH MEHTAJanata Party · JNP45,16672.1%
- 2YAMUNA PRASAD MANDALIndian National Congress · INC12,96520.7%
- 3BHUPENDRA NARAIN MUKHIAIndependent · IND4,1356.6%
- 4NARAIN PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND2400.4%
- 5RAS BEHARI MANDALIndependent · IND1610.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SOP
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +90.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 72.1%
- INC share
- 39.6% → 20.7%
- Turnout
- — → —