Constituency
239. Rafiganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-RAFIGANJ
JNP 33.7%won by 15.5%INC 18.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 15.5%.
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 33.7% of the vote here (+33.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.0% between them, down from 72.1% — 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
47,062
Margin
7,289
15.49%
Candidates
10 contested · winner JNP- 1MD. HUSSAIN ANSARIJanata Party · JNP15,88133.7%
- 2GOPAL PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC8,59218.3%
- 3TRIBHUWAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI8,17517.4%
- 4YOGESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND6,55713.9%
- 5CHANDRADIP YADAVSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD4,84810.3%
- 6RADHA RANI SINGHIndependent · IND1,3032.8%
- 7RAM NARAIN YADAVIndependent · IND6341.3%
- 8CHANDRA DEO RAMIndependent · IND4170.9%
- 9MOKHTAR HASANIndependent · IND4010.9%
- 10VIJAY KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND2540.5%
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–INC swing
- +65.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 33.7%
- INC share
- 49.7% → 18.3%
- Turnout
- — → —