Constituency
242. Arwal
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-ARWAL
JNP 45.2%won by 15.2%CPI 30.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 15.2%.
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 45.2% of the vote here (+45.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.2% of the vote between them, up from 53.5% — 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
79,523
Margin
12,072
15.18%
Candidates
9 contested · winner JNP- 1BANESHWAR PRASAD SINGHJanata Party · JNP35,92645.2%
- 2RAM BHAWAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI23,85430.0%
- 3RAMASHISH SINGHSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD17,72422.3%
- 4SOHAR LALFBL · FBL9641.2%
- 5SAKALDEO SINGHIndependent · IND2810.4%
- 6RAJA RAM GUPTAIndependent · IND2780.3%
- 7RANG BAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND2760.3%
- 8RAJ KUMARI KUMUDIndependent · IND1130.1%
- 9SONALAL THAKURIndependent · IND1070.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPI swing
- +39.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 45.2%
- CPI share
- 24.7% → 30.0%
- Turnout
- — → —