Constituency

168. Bhagalpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

BR-BHAGALPUR

JNP 66.1%won by 44.4%INC 21.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 44.4%.

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 66.1% of the vote here (+66.1%).
Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Multi-cornered3 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

45,650

Margin

20,247

44.35%

Candidates

11 contested · winner JNP

1BIJOY KUMAR MITRA Janata Party · JNP30,18866.1%
2TALIB ANSARI Indian National Congress · INC9,94121.8%
3MANI MOHAN THAKUR Independent · IND2,4955.5%
4RAKHAL PRASAD SAH Independent · IND7131.6%
5HAZI KHALIK Independent · IND6211.4%
6SHAMBHU NATH JAISWAL Independent · IND5251.2%
7NAGAR MAL BAJORIA Independent · IND4330.9%
8SHIB KUMAR SINGH Independent · IND2550.6%
9BRAJ NANDAN SINGH Independent · IND2320.5%
10GIRJA SHANKAR SRIVASTAVA Independent · IND1420.3%
11MOTI SINGH Independent · IND1050.2%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency 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: +74.0%
JNP share: 0.0% → 66.1%
INC share: 29.7% → 21.8%
Turnout: — → —

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