Constituency
199. Chandi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-CHANDI
JNP 54.5%won by 22.8%INC 31.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 22.8%.
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 54.5% of the vote here (+54.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.3% of the vote between them, up from 61.1% — 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
69,827
Margin
15,944
22.83%
Candidates
10 contested · winner JNP- 1HARI NARAIN SINGHJanata Party · JNP38,08554.5%
- 2KESHWAR PRASADIndian National Congress · INC22,14131.7%
- 3GOPAL PRASADIndependent · IND3,1884.6%
- 4SITA RAM PASWANIndependent · IND3,0544.4%
- 5PUNESHWAR PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1,6602.4%
- 6RAM ISHWAR CHAUHANIndependent · IND9711.4%
- 7SHAKUNTALA DEVI MATHURIndependent · IND2420.3%
- 8PARASNATH PRASADIndependent · IND2040.3%
- 9SHEONANDAN PRASADIndependent · IND1640.2%
- 10RAM BRICHH SINGHIndependent · IND1180.2%
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–INC swing
- +56.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 54.5%
- INC share
- 34.1% → 31.7%
- Turnout
- — → —