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114. Chhatapur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

BR-CHHATAPUR

JNP 58.9%won by 32.7%INC 26.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 32.7%.

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 58.9% of the vote here (+58.9%).
  • 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
47,078
Margin
15,413
32.74%

Candidates

8 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1SITARAM PASWANJanata Party · JNP27,70958.9%
  2. 2KUMBHA NARAYAN SARDARIndian National Congress · INC12,29626.1%
  3. 3GEETA DEVIIndependent · IND2,6945.7%
  4. 4SATYA NR. PASWANIndependent · IND1,3052.8%
  5. 5FANI RAMIndependent · IND1,1852.5%
  6. 6BASUDEO MARIKIndependent · IND1,0352.2%
  7. 7SHALIGRAM SARDARIndependent · IND5601.2%
  8. 8JAGESHWAR RAMIndependent · IND2940.6%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNP–INC swing
+77.9%
JNP share
0.0% → 58.9%
INC share
45.1% → 26.1%
Turnout
— → —
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