Constituency
125. Dhamdaha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-DHAMDAHA
JNP 63.4%won by 32.9%INC 30.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 32.9%.
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 63.4% of the vote here (+63.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.8% of the vote between them, up from 57.7% — 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
60,135
Margin
19,784
32.90%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1SURYA NARAYAN SINGH YADAVJanata Party · JNP38,10963.4%
- 2RAM NARAYAN MANDALIndian National Congress · INC18,32530.5%
- 3RAMA NANDAN CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND2,0163.4%
- 4BALDEV PRASAD URAONIndependent · IND1,0201.7%
- 5SACHIDA NAND ROYIndependent · IND5290.9%
- 6JAYANT KUMAR SINGNIndependent · IND1360.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency 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
- +67.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 63.4%
- INC share
- 34.5% → 30.5%
- Turnout
- — → —