Constituency
179. Tarapur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-TARAPUR
JNP 29.7%won by 3.8%INC 25.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 3.8%.
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 29.7% of the vote here (+29.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 55.7% of the vote between them, up from 48.7% — 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
64,562
Margin
2,455
3.80%
Candidates
18 contested · winner JNP- 1KAUSHALAYA DEVIJanata Party · JNP19,19529.7%
- 2TARINI PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC16,74025.9%
- 3NARAYAN YADAVIndependent · IND6,46010.0%
- 4SHIVNANDAN BHAGATIndependent · IND6,42610.0%
- 5CHHATRAPATI MANDALIndependent · IND4,3786.8%
- 6JAFAR HASANIndependent · IND3,4705.4%
- 7VIJOY NARAYAN KAPRIIndependent · IND1,9042.9%
- 8MAHESH JHAIndependent · IND1,8452.9%
- 9VIJOY LAXMI DEVIIndependent · IND1,1801.8%
- 10BRAHMANAND SINGHIndependent · IND6811.1%
- 11VIJOY NARYAN PRASHANTIndependent · IND5800.9%
- 12OM PRAKASH SINGHIndependent · IND3950.6%
- 13TARINI PD. YADAVIndependent · IND3390.5%
- 14VIBHUTI BHUSHAN CHOUBEYIndependent · IND2660.4%
- 15PRAMOD SINGHIndependent · IND2630.4%
- 16BADRI YADAVIndependent · IND2020.3%
- 17RAMCHANER SAOIndependent · IND1320.2%
- 18GANOURI SAHIndependent · IND1060.2%
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
- +38.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 29.7%
- INC share
- 34.7% → 25.9%
- Turnout
- — → —