Constituency
127. Raniganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-RANIGANJ
JNP 47.7%won by 15.8%INC 31.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 15.8%.
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 47.7% of the vote here (+47.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.5% between them, down from 92.8% — the field split more ways.
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
46,892
Margin
7,390
15.76%
Candidates
9 contested · winner JNP- 1ADHIK LAL PASWANJanata Party · JNP22,34547.7%
- 2BUNDEL PASWANIndian National Congress · INC14,95531.9%
- 3NARAIN BAITHAIndependent · IND2,6415.6%
- 4HARI NARAYAN PASWANIndependent · IND1,7653.8%
- 5SIARAM SARAN RISHIDEOIndependent · IND1,5503.3%
- 6NARESH PASWANIndependent · IND1,3082.8%
- 7PRIYABRAT NARAIN PASWANIndependent · IND1,0662.3%
- 8SAHDEO PASWANIndependent · IND6591.4%
- 9BABU LAL PASWANIndependent · IND6031.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +45.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 47.7%
- INC share
- 29.8% → 31.9%
- Turnout
- — → —