Constituency
221. Dumraon
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-DUMRAON
CPI 48.4%won by 16.7%JNP 31.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: NCO (NCO) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 16.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 41.4% to 48.4% of the vote here (+7.0%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
58,887
Margin
9,825
16.68%
Candidates
13 contested · winner CPI- 1RAMASHRAY SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI28,50048.4%
- 2HARIHAR SINGHJanata Party · JNP18,67531.7%
- 3LAKSHMAN PANDEYIndependent · IND3,4365.8%
- 4BADURI BISHAL SINGHIndependent · IND1,6812.9%
- 5SARJU SINGHIndependent · IND1,4862.5%
- 6LALAN PRASADIndependent · IND1,2452.1%
- 7KAMAL SINGHIndependent · IND9681.6%
- 8JAGANNATH SINGHIndependent · IND6511.1%
- 9CHANDRA CHUN SINGHIndependent · IND5831.0%
- 10PASHUPATI NATH SINGHIndependent · IND5530.9%
- 11YUGAL KISHORE SINGHIndependent · IND5090.9%
- 12JAMUNA SINGHIndependent · IND4970.8%
- 13AWADHESH KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1030.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- NCO
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–JNP swing
- −24.7%
- CPI share
- 41.4% → 48.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 31.7%
- Turnout
- — → —