Constituency
224. Sahar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SAHAR
JNP 62.9%won by 40.9%INC 22.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 40.9%.
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 62.9% of the vote here (+62.9%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 22.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.9% of the vote between them, up from 64.1% — 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
42,438
Margin
17,347
40.88%
Candidates
13 contested · winner JNP- 1DINESHWAR PRASADJanata Party · JNP26,68662.9%
- 2RAJ DEO RAMIndian National Congress · INC9,33922.0%
- 3SHEO PUJAN RAMIndependent · IND3,4228.1%
- 4YOGI PRASADIndependent · IND5921.4%
- 5RUP LAL RAMIndependent · IND4931.2%
- 6DEO DHARI MUSAHARIndependent · IND3780.9%
- 7RAM NAGINA RAMIndependent · IND3120.7%
- 8RAM NARAYAN PRASADIndependent · IND3050.7%
- 9NAND JEE RAMIndependent · IND2470.6%
- 10VITHAL RAMIndependent · IND2380.6%
- 11DINESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND1900.4%
- 12VISHWANATH CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1580.4%
- 13SURYA NATH RAMIndependent · IND780.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +40.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 62.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 22.0%
- Turnout
- — → —