Constituency
187. Surajgarha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SURAJGARHA
IND 45.0%won by 10.5%JNP 34.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 10.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 14.1% to 45.0% of the vote here (+30.9%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 34.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.5% of the vote between them, up from 45.9% — 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
78,577
Margin
8,254
10.50%
Candidates
9 contested · winner IND- 1RAMJEE PRASAD MAHTAIndependent · IND35,37645.0%
- 2PRASHIDH NARAIN SINGHJanata Party · JNP27,12234.5%
- 3SUNAINA SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC8,01510.2%
- 4RAMBALAK SINGHIndependent · IND6,5978.4%
- 5SRIDHAR DUBEYIndependent · IND5730.7%
- 6MUSAHEB SAOIndependent · IND4330.6%
- 7SARVAN KUMAR AGGARWALIndependent · IND1960.2%
- 8ABHA KUMAR CHAUDHRYIndependent · IND1620.2%
- 9SUBODH MAHTONIndependent · IND1030.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–JNP swing
- −3.6%
- IND share
- 14.1% → 45.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 34.5%
- Turnout
- — → —