Constituency
172. Amarpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-AMARPUR
JNP 67.7%won by 40.7%CPI 27.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 40.7%.
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 67.7% of the vote here (+67.7%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 27.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.6% of the vote between them, up from 68.0% — 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
60,051
Margin
24,462
40.74%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1JANARDHAN YADAVJanata Party · JNP40,64767.7%
- 2MAKESHWAR PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI16,18527.0%
- 3BALRAM RAIIndian National Congress · INC1,9323.2%
- 4SURENDRA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND9541.6%
- 5KAILASH PRASAD SUMANIndependent · IND3330.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPI swing
- +40.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 67.7%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 27.0%
- Turnout
- — → —