Constituency
197. Islampur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-ISLAMPUR
CPI 37.6%won by 14.5%JNP 23.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 14.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 37.6% of the vote here (+37.6%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 23.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.7% between them, down from 76.9% — the field split more ways.
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
96,878
Margin
14,035
14.49%
Candidates
12 contested · winner CPI- 1KRISHNA VALLABH PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI36,40637.6%
- 2VIJAY LAXMI CHAURJanata Party · JNP22,37123.1%
- 3RAM SWARUP PRASADIndependent · IND19,39020.0%
- 4RAM SHARAN PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC16,63117.2%
- 5DURGA PRASADIndependent · IND5150.5%
- 6DIWARKAR PRASAD 'VIDAYARTHI'Independent · IND4690.5%
- 7SACHHIDANAND SINGHIndependent · IND3980.4%
- 8THAKUR ONKAR SINGHIndependent · IND2780.3%
- 9RAM PANDIT SINGHIndependent · IND1500.2%
- 10MAHESH PRASAD KESHRIIndependent · IND1420.1%
- 11HARIHAR PRASADIndependent · IND820.1%
- 12RAM KESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND460.0%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–JNP swing
- +14.5%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 37.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 23.1%
- Turnout
- — → —