Constituency
214. Sandesh
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SANDESH
JNP 53.0%won by 16.4%INC 36.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 16.4%.
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 53.0% of the vote here (+53.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.6% of the vote between them, up from 72.8% — 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
58,122
Margin
9,522
16.38%
Candidates
11 contested · winner JNP- 1RAM DAYAL SINGHJanata Party · JNP30,79353.0%
- 2SONDHARI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,27136.6%
- 3MAHAVIR RAMIndependent · IND1,5922.7%
- 4BRIJ NANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,0851.9%
- 5SHAMBHUNATH SINGHIndependent · IND1,0651.8%
- 6RAMASAKAL SINGHIndependent · IND8201.4%
- 7SHRIRAM PANDEYIndependent · IND6081.0%
- 8MUNESHWAR SHARMASUC · SUC4600.8%
- 9RAM AWADHESH CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND1650.3%
- 10VIBEKA NAND SAHAYIndependent · IND1410.2%
- 11KALAKTAR SINGHIndependent · IND1220.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency 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
- +37.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 53.0%
- INC share
- 21.5% → 36.6%
- Turnout
- — → —