Constituency
258. Rajauli
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-RAJAULI
IND 62.8%won by 32.9%JNP 29.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 32.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 0.6% to 62.8% of the vote here (+62.2%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 29.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.7% of the vote between them, up from 83.4% — 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
67,383
Margin
22,188
32.93%
Candidates
6 contested · winner IND- 1BABU LALIndependent · IND42,31462.8%
- 2BANWARI RAMJanata Party · JNP20,12629.9%
- 3GOPAL RAMIndian National Congress · INC3,4375.1%
- 4SITARAMIndependent · IND9231.4%
- 5MURLI RAJBANSHIIndependent · IND3460.5%
- 6HIRA LALIndependent · IND2370.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–JNP swing
- +32.3%
- IND share
- 0.6% → 62.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 29.9%
- Turnout
- — → —