Constituency
206. Patna West
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-PATNA-WEST
JNP 66.3%won by 43.5%CPI 22.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 43.5%.
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 66.3% of the vote here (+66.3%).
- Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
69,286
Margin
30,115
43.46%
Candidates
22 contested · winner JNP- 1THAKUR PRASADJanata Party · JNP45,93566.3%
- 2SURENDRA PRASAD YADAVCommunist Party of India · CPI15,82022.8%
- 3ARUN KUMAR VERMAIndependent · IND1,6602.4%
- 4RAM NANDAN RAIIndependent · IND1,3812.0%
- 5KESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND9241.3%
- 6SHEO PRASAD RAIIndependent · IND8001.2%
- 7SATYANAND SHARMAIndependent · IND7191.0%
- 8RAJENDRA KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND3640.5%
- 9DINA NATH PRASADIndependent · IND2430.4%
- 10SHEO PRASAD GUPTAIndependent · IND2050.3%
- 11SHIBAJI PRASAD SINGHFBL · FBL1850.3%
- 12LAXMI NARAYAN MISTRYIndependent · IND1820.3%
- 13BRIJNANDAN NIRMALIndependent · IND1570.2%
- 14GIRIJA NANDAN PRASAD SINHAIndependent · IND1330.2%
- 15YOGESHWAR PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1240.2%
- 16KRISHNAN SINHAIndependent · IND1070.2%
- 17SHAKUNTALA DEVIIndependent · IND1030.1%
- 18NARESH KUMAR VERMAIndependent · IND870.1%
- 19SACHIDA NAND SAHAYIndependent · IND560.1%
- 20VIJAY KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND360.1%
- 21RAVINDAR NATH CHOUBEYIndependent · IND330.0%
- 22B.N. SINHAIndependent · IND320.0%
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–CPI swing
- +88.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 66.3%
- CPI share
- 45.3% → 22.8%
- Turnout
- — → —