Constituency
142. Katihar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-KATIHAR
JNP 62.2%won by 47.1%CPI 15.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 47.1%.
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 62.2% of the vote here (+62.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.3% of the vote between them, up from 52.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
44,338
Margin
20,904
47.15%
Candidates
10 contested · winner JNP- 1JAGBANDHU ADHIKARIJanata Party · JNP27,58862.2%
- 2RAJ KISHARE PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI6,68415.1%
- 3SARAN KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND4,1469.4%
- 4UMA KANT SINGHIndependent · IND2,2295.0%
- 5NAGENDRA NANDAN SAHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,9474.4%
- 6BHARAT PRASAD SHARMAIndependent · IND8111.8%
- 7DABENDRA BHAGATIndependent · IND4471.0%
- 8SATYA NARAIN GUPTAIndependent · IND1870.4%
- 9SALIM AKHTARIndependent · IND1710.4%
- 10AHSAR AHMADIndependent · IND1280.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPI swing
- +77.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 62.2%
- CPI share
- 30.5% → 15.1%
- Turnout
- — → —