Constituency
271. Dhanwar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-DHANWAR
JNP 52.8%won by 36.5%IND 16.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 36.5%.
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 52.8% of the vote here (+52.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.2% of the vote between them, up from 58.8% — 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
37,533
Margin
13,681
36.45%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1HARIHAR NARAYAN PRABHKARJanata Party · JNP19,83552.8%
- 2GULAM RASUL ANSARIIndependent · IND6,15416.4%
- 3LAKSHMI NARAYAN PRASADIndependent · IND5,62415.0%
- 4PUNIT RAIIndian National Congress · INC4,45311.9%
- 5DEOKI NANDAN THAKURIndependent · IND8842.4%
- 6RAM NAGINA SINGHIndependent · IND5831.6%
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
- +64.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 52.8%
- IND share
- 28.1% → 16.4%
- Turnout
- — → —