Constituency
269. Hazaribagh
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-HAZARIBAGH
JNP 59.5%won by 43.2%IND 16.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 43.2%.
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 59.5% of the vote here (+59.5%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.8% of the vote between them, up from 59.9% — 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
39,775
Margin
17,197
43.24%
Candidates
9 contested · winner JNP- 1RANI DEJanata Party · JNP23,68359.5%
- 2M. RAFIQUEIndependent · IND6,48616.3%
- 3RAGHUNANDAN PRASADIndian National Congress · INC3,5779.0%
- 4GYANI RAMIndependent · IND2,6546.7%
- 5SHEO KUMAR (SHIBU)Independent · IND9452.4%
- 6GANESH RASADIndependent · IND8392.1%
- 7JOHN PANKAJIndependent · IND8112.0%
- 8GIRIJA SHANKAR PRASADIndependent · IND5681.4%
- 9SYED MOHAMMAD MUZTARIndependent · IND2120.5%
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–IND swing
- +45.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 59.5%
- IND share
- 2.5% → 16.3%
- Turnout
- — → —