Constituency
152. Maheshpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-MAHESHPUR
JNP 43.0%won by 10.8%INC 32.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 10.8%.
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 43.0% of the vote here (+43.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.2% of the vote between them, up from 67.2% — 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
25,227
Margin
2,731
10.83%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1BISHAWNATH MURMUJanata Party · JNP10,85743.0%
- 2KALIDAS MURMUIndian National Congress · INC8,12632.2%
- 3JOTIN SORENIndependent · IND3,37513.4%
- 4DEVI DHAN BESRAPHJ · PHJ1,9417.7%
- 5JOSEPH MURMUIndependent · IND9283.7%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +51.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 43.0%
- INC share
- 40.5% → 32.2%
- Turnout
- — → —