Constituency
259. Gobindpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-GOBINDPUR
JNP 51.4%won by 12.6%INC 38.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 12.6%.
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 51.4% of the vote here (+51.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.3% of the vote between them, up from 66.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
81,541
Margin
10,236
12.55%
Candidates
8 contested · winner JNP- 1BHATU MAHTOJanata Party · JNP41,95251.4%
- 2GAYATRI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC31,71638.9%
- 3LAKSHMI NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND5,1896.4%
- 4NAWAB KHANIndependent · IND9461.2%
- 5MAHABIR BHARTIIndependent · IND7170.9%
- 6RAMESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND4880.6%
- 7LALIT KUMARIndependent · IND3000.4%
- 8RAGHUNANDAN PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND2330.3%
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
- +50.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 51.4%
- INC share
- 38.2% → 38.9%
- Turnout
- — → —