Constituency
165. Pirpainti
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-PIRPAINTI
CPI 52.5%won by 10.4%JNP 42.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.3% to 10.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 42.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 69.3% — 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
62,442
Margin
6,491
10.40%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPI- 1AMBIKA PRASADCommunist Party of India · CPI32,75952.5%
- 2JAMALUDDINJanata Party · JNP26,26842.1%
- 3PAIRO MURMUIndependent · IND9851.6%
- 4RAM MANDALIndependent · IND6661.1%
- 5RAJANI KANT JHAIndependent · IND6241.0%
- 6RAM PRASAD DWIVEDIIndependent · IND6071.0%
- 7SRI KANT PD.Independent · IND5330.9%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–JNP swing
- −39.4%
- CPI share
- 49.8% → 52.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 42.1%
- Turnout
- — → —