Constituency
178. Jhajha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-JHAJHA
JNP 74.7%won by 56.8%INC 17.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 56.8%.
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 74.7% of the vote here (+74.7%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from NCO (NCO) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.5% of the vote between them, up from 67.4% — 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
42,923
Margin
24,390
56.82%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1SHEONANDAN JHAJanata Party · JNP32,05774.7%
- 2SHIV PRASAD YADAVIndian National Congress · INC7,66717.9%
- 3UMAKANT JHAIndependent · IND2,0094.7%
- 4MATUKDHARI SHARMAIndependent · IND6311.5%
- 5BINA DEVIIndependent · IND5591.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SOP
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +74.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 74.7%
- INC share
- 18.0% → 17.9%
- Turnout
- — → —