Constituency
180. Kharagpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-KHARAGPUR
JNP 57.9%won by 39.9%CPI 18.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 39.9%.
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 57.9% of the vote here (+57.9%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 18.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
65,149
Margin
26,002
39.91%
Candidates
10 contested · winner JNP- 1SHAMESHER JANG BAHADUR SINGHJanata Party · JNP37,74157.9%
- 2RAMDEO SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI11,73918.0%
- 3DASRATH SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,1776.4%
- 4TARNI PRASAD MANDALIndependent · IND4,0646.2%
- 5SADANAND SINGHIndian National Congress · INC3,3585.2%
- 6JAGDEO PASWANIndependent · IND1,8812.9%
- 7RAJENDRA YADAVIndependent · IND9481.5%
- 8GANOURI SAHIndependent · IND8261.3%
- 9BHAGWAN PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND2120.3%
- 10YAMUN YADAVIndependent · IND2030.3%
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–CPI swing
- +39.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 57.9%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 18.0%
- Turnout
- — → —