Constituency
232. Sasaram
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SASARAM
JNP 42.3%won by 16.8%SSD 25.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Hindvi Swarajyay Dal (HSD) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 16.8%.
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 42.3% of the vote here (+42.3%).
- New challengerSanyukt Samajwadi Dal (SSD) finished second with 25.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.9% of the vote between them, up from 61.6% — 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
59,975
Margin
10,060
16.77%
Candidates
13 contested · winner JNP- 1BIPIN BIHARI SINHAJanata Party · JNP25,38342.3%
- 2RAM SEWAK SINGHSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD15,32325.5%
- 3GORAKH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,16915.3%
- 4SHEOSHANKAR PRASADIndependent · IND3,2035.3%
- 5BINDHACHAL AHIRIndependent · IND2,3724.0%
- 6MOTI SINGHIndependent · IND1,8453.1%
- 7MAHABIR SINGHIndependent · IND5891.0%
- 8DASRATH SINGHIndependent · IND5130.9%
- 9SHEOPUJAN SINGHIndependent · IND4970.8%
- 10CHANDRAMA PRASADIndependent · IND3960.7%
- 11UMASHANKAR PRASADIndependent · IND2820.5%
- 12UDAICHAND GUPTAIndependent · IND2680.4%
- 13RAM PRASAD GUPTAIndependent · IND1350.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- HSD
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–SSD swing
- +16.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 42.3%
- SSD share
- 0.0% → 25.5%
- Turnout
- — → —