Constituency
216. Arrah
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-ARRAH
JNP 33.5%won by 1.7%INC 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 1.7%.
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 33.5% of the vote here (+33.5%).
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
48,305
Margin
807
1.67%
Candidates
19 contested · winner JNP- 1SUMITRA DEVIJanata Party · JNP16,19233.5%
- 2MD. ISHAIndian National Congress · INC15,38531.8%
- 3RAMJEE PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND5,37211.1%
- 4MOHAN PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND2,0224.2%
- 5RAMESHWAR UPADHYAYIndependent · IND1,9594.1%
- 6SATYENDRA NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND1,8633.9%
- 7JAGDISH SINGHIndependent · IND1,6883.5%
- 8TETAR RAMIndependent · IND1,2032.5%
- 9RAMJEE SINGHIndependent · IND6211.3%
- 10RAMAHHAR NATH SINGHIndependent · IND5571.2%
- 11DWARIKA NATH SINGHIndependent · IND2920.6%
- 12TEJ NARAIN SINGHSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD2590.5%
- 13RAM KUMAR DASSIndependent · IND2230.5%
- 14CHANDRIKA PRASADIndependent · IND1660.3%
- 15BRAHMANAND YADAVIndependent · IND1520.3%
- 16KALINDANI RAJIndependent · IND1100.2%
- 17RAM BACHAN SINGHIndependent · IND1040.2%
- 18NAND JEE RAMIndependent · IND970.2%
- 19LATAFAT HUSSIANIndependent · IND400.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +34.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 33.5%
- INC share
- 33.2% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —