Constituency
160. Dumka
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-DUMKA
JNP 40.7%won by 18.7%INC 22.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 18.7%.
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 40.7% of the vote here (+40.7%).
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
25,907
Margin
4,857
18.75%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1MAHADEO MARANDIJanata Party · JNP10,55740.7%
- 2PAIKA MURMUIndian National Congress · INC5,70022.0%
- 3EDWARD MARANDIIndependent · IND4,67818.1%
- 4SET HEMBROMIndependent · IND3,26512.6%
- 5SURAHMANI HANSDAIndependent · IND9823.8%
- 6RAMESHWAR TUDUIndependent · IND7252.8%
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
- +54.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 40.7%
- INC share
- 35.3% → 22.0%
- Turnout
- — → —