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235. Dehri

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

BR-DEHRI

JNP 41.9%won by 8.8%INC 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 8.8%.

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 41.9% of the vote here (+41.9%).
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
54,450
Margin
4,790
8.80%

Candidates

15 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1BASAWAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP22,81341.9%
  2. 2KHALID ANWAR ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC18,02333.1%
  3. 3SIDHNATH SINGHIndependent · IND4,6458.5%
  4. 4KASHINATH SINGHIndependent · IND1,9763.6%
  5. 5KEDAR MAHTOIndependent · IND1,9143.5%
  6. 6YADAV RAGHUPATI SINHASanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD1,0451.9%
  7. 7YADUNANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND9671.8%
  8. 8RAM GOBIND RAMIndependent · IND9071.7%
  9. 9SURAJANATH SINGHIndependent · IND6931.3%
  10. 10BACHUL SINGHIndependent · IND4660.9%
  11. 11INDRAJIT RAI VERMAIndependent · IND3400.6%
  12. 12SHANTI PRASADIndependent · IND2910.5%
  13. 13GURUDAYAL SINGHIndependent · IND1520.3%
  14. 14RAJENDRA PRASAD CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1240.2%
  15. 15RAJARAM GUPTAIndependent · IND940.2%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNP–INC swing
+64.6%
JNP share
0.0% → 41.9%
INC share
55.8% → 33.1%
Turnout
— → —
234. Nokha236. Nabinagar
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