Constituency
262. Kodarma
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-KODARMA
JNP 52.9%won by 21.5%INC 31.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 21.5%.
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 52.9% of the vote here (+52.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.3% of the vote between them, up from 75.8% — 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
48,587
Margin
10,434
21.47%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1VISHWANATH MODIJanata Party · JNP25,70452.9%
- 2RAJENDRA NATH DAWNIndian National Congress · INC15,27031.4%
- 3SIDHESHWAR PRASAD SINHAIndependent · IND3,5187.2%
- 4NARSINGH MALIIndependent · IND1,8743.9%
- 5SOMESAR PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND9271.9%
- 6CHOTELAL SINGHIndependent · IND9071.9%
- 7JAGDISH DASIndependent · IND3870.8%
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
- +69.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 52.9%
- INC share
- 48.1% → 31.4%
- Turnout
- — → —