Constituency
156. Sarath
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SARATH
JNP 36.0%won by 11.1%IND 24.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 11.1%.
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 36.0% of the vote here (+36.0%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 24.9% — it polled just 0.8% in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 60.9% of the vote between them, up from 48.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
50,672
Margin
5,647
11.14%
Candidates
8 contested · winner JNP- 1CHANDRA MOULESHWAR SINGHJanata Party · JNP18,25636.0%
- 2ABBAYA CHARAH LALIndependent · IND12,60924.9%
- 3KAMEDO PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC7,55714.9%
- 4M. FURKANIndependent · IND6,72713.3%
- 5GOVIND RAOIndependent · IND3,7507.4%
- 6SHYAM SUNDER BATHWALIndependent · IND1,1932.4%
- 7DHENA SORENIndependent · IND3090.6%
- 8AJIT KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND2710.5%
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–IND swing
- +12.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 36.0%
- IND share
- 0.8% → 24.9%
- Turnout
- — → —