Constituency
225. Karakat
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-KARAKAT
JNP 46.6%won by 22.2%IND 24.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 22.2%.
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 46.6% of the vote here (+46.6%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from SOP (SOP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.0% between them, down from 77.6% — 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
70,936
Margin
15,738
22.19%
Candidates
14 contested · winner JNP- 1TRIBHUWAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP33,06746.6%
- 2TULSI SINGHIndependent · IND17,32924.4%
- 3MANORMA PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC9,16712.9%
- 4SOHRAI RAMIndependent · IND3,8165.4%
- 5RAM KRIPAL SINGHIndependent · IND2,8874.1%
- 6BIPIN BIHARI UPADHAYAIndependent · IND2,1783.1%
- 7GUPUT GANDHIIndependent · IND8741.2%
- 8RAMUN CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND5070.7%
- 9BHIKHARI RAMIndependent · IND3010.4%
- 10KESHO PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND2350.3%
- 11NARESH SINGHIndependent · IND2190.3%
- 12BRIJ NANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND1460.2%
- 13BALI RAMSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD1220.2%
- 14SHEONANDAN RAMIndependent · IND880.1%
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–IND swing
- +24.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 46.6%
- IND share
- 2.5% → 24.4%
- Turnout
- — → —