Constituency
231. Chainpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-CHAINPUR
JNP 60.9%won by 34.7%INC 26.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 34.7%.
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 60.9% of the vote here (+60.9%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 26.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.0% of the vote between them, up from 57.3% — 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
52,270
Margin
18,162
34.75%
Candidates
12 contested · winner JNP- 1LALMUNI CHOUBEYJanata Party · JNP31,83160.9%
- 2BHOLA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC13,66926.2%
- 3KISHOR PRASADIndependent · IND1,6463.1%
- 4LALMUNI CHAMARIndependent · IND1,2202.3%
- 5DEVTA CHARAM LALIndependent · IND1,0642.0%
- 6MUSAFIR SINGHIndependent · IND9431.8%
- 7RAM SURAT RAM SHASTRIIndependent · IND5371.0%
- 8BANSHIDHAR SINGHIndependent · IND4230.8%
- 9NAGESHWAR CHAMARIndependent · IND3900.7%
- 10NAZABUDDIN ANSARISanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD2590.5%
- 11TILESHWAR PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1640.3%
- 12SHIVA JATAN GUPTAIndependent · IND1240.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +34.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 60.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 26.2%
- Turnout
- — → —