Constituency
191. Sheikhpura
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SHEIKHPURA
INC 51.7%won by 31.6%JNP 20.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 31.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 51.7% of the vote here (+51.7%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 20.2% — 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
66,436
Margin
20,969
31.56%
Candidates
14 contested · winner INC- 1RAJO SINGHIndian National Congress · INC34,37451.7%
- 2RAMESHWAR PRASAD SINGHJanata Party · JNP13,40520.2%
- 3KISHUN DEO SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI9,73714.7%
- 4BHOLA PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND5,3878.1%
- 5RAM BAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND7921.2%
- 6SHIDHESHWAR SHARMAIndependent · IND6080.9%
- 7KASHI YADAVIndependent · IND5780.9%
- 8RAM NATH PRASAD GUPTAIndependent · IND5580.8%
- 9SANT KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND3250.5%
- 10BAZIR ALAMIndependent · IND2170.3%
- 11RAM CHANDRA SINGHIndependent · IND1450.2%
- 12GITA NANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND1400.2%
- 13SHEO NANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND1250.2%
- 14RAM NARESH SINGHIndependent · IND450.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- +31.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 51.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 20.2%
- Turnout
- — → —