Constituency
171. Sultanganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SULTANGANJ
JNP 49.1%won by 19.4%INC 29.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 19.4%.
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 49.1% of the vote here (+49.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.9% of the vote between them, up from 72.4% — 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
64,075
Margin
12,435
19.41%
Candidates
10 contested · winner JNP- 1JAGESHWAR MANDALJanata Party · JNP31,48049.1%
- 2RAM RAKSHA PRA YADAVIndian National Congress · INC19,04529.7%
- 3UMA SHANKER JHAIndependent · IND8,02412.5%
- 4GOBIND MANDALIndependent · IND2,3033.6%
- 5KAILASH PRA SINGHIndependent · IND1,1061.7%
- 6SATYA NARAYAN BHAGATIndependent · IND8231.3%
- 7SURENDRA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND6341.0%
- 8NARESH KUMARIndependent · IND3190.5%
- 9NAGARMAL BIJORIAIndependent · IND1980.3%
- 10ASHOK KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1430.2%
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
- +59.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 49.1%
- INC share
- 39.6% → 29.7%
- Turnout
- — → —