Constituency
226. Bikramganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-BIKRAMGANJ
JNP 42.5%won by 17.0%SSD 25.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 17.0%.
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 42.5% of the vote here (+42.5%).
- New challengerSanyukt Samajwadi Dal (SSD) finished second with 25.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.0% of the vote between them, up from 50.3% — 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
65,750
Margin
11,184
17.01%
Candidates
15 contested · winner JNP- 1EKHLAK AHMADJanata Party · JNP27,93542.5%
- 2MEGHRAJ MEDHAWISanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD16,75125.5%
- 3SANT PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI12,99019.8%
- 4JAGNARAIN RAIIndependent · IND3,4745.3%
- 5BABAN PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1,4452.2%
- 6SHEO PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND8001.2%
- 7JAGARNATH MISHRAIndependent · IND7481.1%
- 8DHARAM PRASAD CHAUDHRYIndependent · IND3800.6%
- 9CHITRANJAN PRASADIndependent · IND2420.4%
- 10MAHENDRA MISHRAIndependent · IND2380.4%
- 11RADHAMOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND2230.3%
- 12RAJMANI SINGHIndependent · IND1750.3%
- 13SRI NIWAS SINGHIndependent · IND1210.2%
- 14LALIT MOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND1170.2%
- 15SIDHNATH SINGHIndependent · IND1110.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–SSD swing
- +17.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 42.5%
- SSD share
- 0.0% → 25.5%
- Turnout
- — → —