Constituency
240. Obra
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-OBRA
JNP 42.7%won by 10.9%INC 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 10.9%.
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 42.7% of the vote here (+42.7%).
- Multi-cornered4 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
68,314
Margin
7,431
10.88%
Candidates
8 contested · winner JNP- 1RAM VILAS SINGHJanata Party · JNP29,15542.7%
- 2NARAIN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,72431.8%
- 3SURYABHAN SHARMAIndependent · IND7,63811.2%
- 4JAI RAM PRASAD SINGHSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD6,80910.0%
- 5RAMDEO RAMIndependent · IND1,6792.5%
- 6SHEO NARAIN RAMIndependent · IND9201.3%
- 7GHURA RAMIndependent · IND3170.5%
- 8GUPTESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND720.1%
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
- +64.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 42.7%
- INC share
- 53.7% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —