Election
Constituency

204. Fatwa

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

BR-FATWA

JNP 62.9%won by 46.3%INC 16.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 46.3%.

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 62.9% of the vote here (+62.9%).
  • Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
61,753
Margin
28,592
46.30%

Candidates

8 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1KAMESHWAR PASWANJanata Party · JNP38,87362.9%
  2. 2RAM PRAVESH PASWANIndian National Congress · INC10,28116.6%
  3. 3ARJUN CHOUDHRYIndependent · IND8,03013.0%
  4. 4BAIJNANDAN PASWANIndependent · IND2,5514.1%
  5. 5CHANDRA DEEP DASIndependent · IND8781.4%
  6. 6RAJENDRA PRASAD DINKARIndependent · IND6781.1%
  7. 7RAM LAGAN RAVIDASIndependent · IND3600.6%
  8. 8CHANDER GUPTAIndependent · IND1020.2%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
BJS
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNP–INC swing
+69.4%
JNP share
0.0% → 62.9%
INC share
23.1% → 16.6%
Turnout
— → —
203. Bakhtiarpur205. Masaurhi
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