Constituency
162. Poraiyahat
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-PORAIYAHAT
JNP 24.9%won by 11.1%INC 13.8%
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 24.9% of the vote here (+24.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 38.7% between them, down from 63.4% — the field split more ways.
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
35,458
Margin
3,922
11.06%
Candidates
12 contested · winner JNP- 1KAMLA KANT PD. SINHA URF LALLUJanata Party · JNP8,82124.9%
- 2BAIKUNTH PRASAD YADAVIndian National Congress · INC4,89913.8%
- 3RAM LAL SINGHIndependent · IND4,28012.1%
- 4RAMANAND SAHIndependent · IND4,19011.8%
- 5CHEEMA NARAIN CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND4,08311.5%
- 6MARK KISKUIndependent · IND3,73010.5%
- 7BASUDEO PRASAD MANDALIndependent · IND3,0288.5%
- 8NILKANTH PATHAKIndependent · IND1,0553.0%
- 9JAI NARAIN BHAGATIndependent · IND1,0382.9%
- 10SAROJ KUMARIIndependent · IND1470.4%
- 11MOTILAL BHAGATIndependent · IND1060.3%
- 12HEMANT KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND810.2%
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
- +52.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 24.9%
- INC share
- 41.9% → 13.8%
- Turnout
- — → —