Constituency
129. Forbesganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-FORBESGANJ
INC 48.9%won by 8.8%JNP 40.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.1% to 8.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 40.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.9% of the vote between them, up from 74.9% — 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
57,209
Margin
5,013
8.76%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SARYU MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC27,95048.9%
- 2LAL CHAND SAHNIJanata Party · JNP22,93740.1%
- 3MUKTI NATH BAHARDARIndependent · IND2,9395.1%
- 4SAMSUL ALAMIndependent · IND1,5712.7%
- 5RAISUDDINIndependent · IND1,1552.0%
- 6AZIZIndependent · IND6571.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −39.2%
- INC share
- 48.0% → 48.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 40.1%
- Turnout
- — → —