Constituency
217. Shahpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SHAHPUR
JNP 47.5%won by 22.5%IND 25.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 22.5%.
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 47.5% of the vote here (+47.5%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from SOP (SOP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.5% between them, down from 86.1% — 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
44,374
Margin
9,962
22.45%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1JAI NARAIN MISHRAJanata Party · JNP21,05647.5%
- 2RAM PYARE YADAVIndependent · IND11,09425.0%
- 3SARJU PRASAD UPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC10,91024.6%
- 4BINAY KUMAR CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND5691.3%
- 5BALI RAM TIWARYIndependent · IND5461.2%
- 6KEDAR NATH MISHRAIndependent · IND1990.4%
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–IND swing
- +34.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 47.5%
- IND share
- 11.5% → 25.0%
- Turnout
- — → —