Election
Constituency

146. Manihari

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

BR-MANIHARI

JNP 55.8%won by 39.0%INC 16.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 39.0%.

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 55.8% of the vote here (+55.8%).
  • Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
31,886
Margin
12,423
38.96%

Candidates

12 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1RAM SIPHAI YADAVJanata Party · JNP17,78855.8%
  2. 2AMARNATH SINGH YADAVIndian National Congress · INC5,36516.8%
  3. 3NASIRUDDIN BISWASIndependent · IND1,9326.1%
  4. 4SAIDUR RAHAMN SAMSIIndependent · IND1,9036.0%
  5. 5BALDEO SINGHIndependent · IND1,5825.0%
  6. 6SHREE NIWAS MANDALIndependent · IND1,5805.0%
  7. 7GANGA PODDARIndependent · IND5851.8%
  8. 8SITANATH MOVARIndependent · IND5031.6%
  9. 9SITARAM YADAVIndependent · IND1970.6%
  10. 10NAND LAL SAHIndependent · IND1740.5%
  11. 11RAM SHANKAR CHATARBEDIIndependent · IND1730.5%
  12. 12SUKDEO PRASAD SINHAIndependent · IND1040.3%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
SOP
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNP–INC swing
+75.0%
JNP share
0.0% → 55.8%
INC share
36.0% → 16.8%
Turnout
— → —
145. Pranpur147. Rajmahal
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