Constituency
266. Barkagaon
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-BARKAGAON
JNP 46.7%won by 14.5%CPI 32.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 14.5%.
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 46.7% of the vote here (+46.7%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 32.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.8% between them, down from 90.0% — 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
51,343
Margin
7,469
14.55%
Candidates
11 contested · winner JNP- 1KAILASH PATI SINGHJanata Party · JNP23,97446.7%
- 2RAMENDRA KUMARCommunist Party of India · CPI16,50532.1%
- 3GURUDYAL MAHTOIndependent · IND4,4848.7%
- 4RAMCHANRAN MAHTOIndependent · IND2,0784.0%
- 5GOPAL MAHTOIndependent · IND1,1942.3%
- 6GIRJA SHANKARIndependent · IND9851.9%
- 7BIRENDRA NATH SINGHIndependent · IND7141.4%
- 8RAJESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND5691.1%
- 9JOSEPH ANIL KUMARIndependent · IND3860.8%
- 10WASANTI DEVIIndependent · IND3530.7%
- 11VIJAY KUMAR LALIndependent · IND1010.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPI swing
- +14.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 46.7%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 32.1%
- Turnout
- — → —