Constituency
205. Masaurhi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-MASAURHI
JNP 34.6%won by 1.1%INC 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 1.1%.
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 34.6% of the vote here (+34.6%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 33.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.1% between them, down from 76.4% — 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
84,853
Margin
894
1.05%
Candidates
9 contested · winner JNP- 1RAMDEO PRASAD YADAVJanata Party · JNP29,32634.6%
- 2RAJ KISHORE PRASADIndian National Congress · INC28,43233.5%
- 3BRAJNANDAN SAHAYIndependent · IND24,78729.2%
- 4JAGDEO PRASADIndependent · IND7080.8%
- 5DEO NARAYAN DASSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD6180.7%
- 6KAMTA SINGHIndependent · IND3950.5%
- 7JAI KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND3470.4%
- 8KANHAI LAL SHARMAIndependent · IND1340.2%
- 9SURENDRA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1060.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +1.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 34.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- — → —