Election
Constituency

179. Tarapur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

BR-TARAPUR

JNP 29.7%won by 3.8%INC 25.9%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
64,562
Margin
2,455
3.80%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNPINC swing
+38.5%
JNP share
0.0% 29.7%
INC share
34.7% 25.9%
Turnout