Constituency
264. Chatra
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-CHATRA
JNP 36.2%won by 0.5%IND 35.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 0.5%.
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 36.2% of the vote here (+36.2%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 35.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.9% between them, down from 81.5% — the field split more ways.
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
32,152
Margin
176
0.55%
Candidates
12 contested · winner JNP- 1S. AHMAD SABRJanata Party · JNP11,65336.2%
- 2PRAJAPALAK NATH SINGHIndependent · IND11,47735.7%
- 3CHANDRADEO PRASADIndependent · IND2,1436.7%
- 4VRIJNANDAN UPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC1,4334.5%
- 5LAKSHMI PRASAD SHUKLAIndependent · IND1,2303.8%
- 6CHATUR SINGHIndependent · IND1,1583.6%
- 7SHEONAND SINGHIndependent · IND1,1543.6%
- 8YUGAL KISHORE PRASADIndependent · IND9372.9%
- 9RAMKISHORE JIT SINGHIndependent · IND3291.0%
- 10AWADH KISHORE YADAVIndependent · IND2880.9%
- 11SABIR MIANIndependent · IND2090.7%
- 12BASDEO LAL AGRAWALIndependent · IND1410.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–IND swing
- +0.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 36.2%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 35.7%
- Turnout
- — → —