Constituency
203. Bakhtiarpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-BAKHTIARPUR
INC 44.7%won by 0.5%JNP 44.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.5%.
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 44.7% of the vote here (+44.7%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 44.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.0% of the vote between them, up from 65.6% — 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
75,636
Margin
343
0.45%
Candidates
14 contested · winner INC- 1BUDHDEO SINGHIndian National Congress · INC33,81244.7%
- 2VIJAY KRISHNA SINGHJanata Party · JNP33,46944.3%
- 3JAI RAM PRASADIndependent · IND5,0226.6%
- 4RAM BRIKSH RAIIndependent · IND1,5392.0%
- 5RAMANAND SINGHIndependent · IND4050.5%
- 6ASESAR PRASAD RAIIndependent · IND3830.5%
- 7RAJENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND2860.4%
- 8PRADIP KUMAR PRADIPIndependent · IND1810.2%
- 9RAM KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1500.2%
- 10SHEONATH SINGHIndependent · IND1130.1%
- 11MADAN SHARMAIndependent · IND980.1%
- 12ARUN KUMARIndependent · IND730.1%
- 13RAGHUBANSH KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND610.1%
- 14RAMA SHANKERIndependent · IND440.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SOP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- +0.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 44.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.3%
- Turnout
- — → —