Constituency
157. Madhupur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-MADHUPUR
JNP 47.1%won by 8.6%INC 38.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 8.6%.
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 47.1% of the vote here (+47.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.5% of the vote between them, up from 62.0% — 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
50,660
Margin
4,380
8.65%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1AJIT KUMAR BANEERJEEJanata Party · JNP23,83647.1%
- 2CHANDRA SHEKHAR PRASADIndian National Congress · INC19,45638.4%
- 3SURESH CHANDRA ROYIndependent · IND2,9365.8%
- 4NOOR ALAMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,8475.6%
- 5BADRI NARAIN PATRALEKHIndependent · IND1,1252.2%
- 6GAJA NAND REKRIWALAIndependent · IND4600.9%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +38.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 47.1%
- INC share
- 29.6% → 38.4%
- Turnout
- — → —