Constituency
138. Kasba
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-KASBA
INC 32.6%won by 0.5%JNP 32.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.5% to 0.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 32.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
48,900
Margin
255
0.52%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1JAI NARAYAN MEHTAIndian National Congress · INC15,94932.6%
- 2BHUBNESHWAR ARYAJanata Party · JNP15,69432.1%
- 3KHALIPUR RAHMANIndependent · IND12,71626.0%
- 4SHEO CHARAN MEHATAIndependent · IND3,1556.5%
- 5KADAM LAL YADAVIndependent · IND1,1272.3%
- 6RAM NANDAN PRASADIndependent · IND2590.5%
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
- −36.0%
- INC share
- 36.5% → 32.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 32.1%
- Turnout
- — → —