Constituency
139. Purnea
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-PURNEA
JNP 39.5%won by 7.7%INC 31.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 7.7%.
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 39.5% of the vote here (+39.5%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 31.7% — 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
46,056
Margin
3,567
7.74%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1DEV NATH ROYJanata Party · JNP18,18039.5%
- 2KAMAL DEO NARAYAN SINHAIndian National Congress · INC14,61331.7%
- 3AJIT CHANDRA SARKARIndependent · IND12,21726.5%
- 4UMESH KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND8711.9%
- 5JETHANI HIRACHANDIndependent · IND1750.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- NCO
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +7.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 39.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 31.7%
- Turnout
- — → —