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Constituency

158. Deoghar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

BR-DEOGHAR

JNP 64.2%won by 35.5%INC 28.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 35.5%.

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 64.2% of the vote here (+64.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.9% of the vote between them, up from 76.9% — 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
39,297
Margin
13,940
35.47%

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
+94.8%
JNP share
0.0% 64.2%
INC share
59.3% 28.7%
Turnout