Constituency
175. Belhar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-BELHAR
JNP 44.2%won by 24.2%IND 20.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 24.2%.
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 44.2% of the vote here (+44.2%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from SOP (SOP) to Independent (IND).
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
40,915
Margin
9,894
24.18%
Candidates
8 contested · winner JNP- 1CHATURBHUJ PRASAD SINGHJanata Party · JNP18,07944.2%
- 2CHANDRA MOULESHWAR SINGH LALANIndependent · IND8,18520.0%
- 3SHAKUNTALA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC6,47015.8%
- 4RADHEY SHYAM RAIIndependent · IND5,32813.0%
- 5SUSHIL KUMAR YADAVIndependent · IND9702.4%
- 6NAND KISHORE SINGHIndependent · IND8142.0%
- 7HASDEO KISKUIndependent · IND7221.8%
- 8HARIKESH THAKURIndependent · IND3470.8%
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–IND swing
- +29.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.2%
- IND share
- 5.5% → 20.0%
- Turnout
- — → —