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Constituency

152. Maheshpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

BR-MAHESHPUR

JNP 43.0%won by 10.8%INC 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
25,227
Margin
2,731
10.83%

Since 1972

Derived

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

Winner then
INC
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNPINC swing
+51.3%
JNP share
0.0% 43.0%
INC share
40.5% 32.2%
Turnout