Constituency
275. Giridih
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-GIRIDIH
CPI 49.6%won by 8.9%JNP 40.8%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.5% to 8.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 40.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.4% of the vote between them, up from 78.2% — 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
37,659
Margin
3,344
8.88%
Candidates
9 contested · winner CPI- 1CHATURANAN MISHRACommunist Party of India · CPI18,69749.6%
- 2GOPAL V. RAGHAVANJanata Party · JNP15,35340.8%
- 3CHOTU RAM TUDUIndependent · IND1,9745.2%
- 4MANILAL DASIndependent · IND4581.2%
- 5BRAMHDEO SINGHIndependent · IND3841.0%
- 6VIRENDRA KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND2970.8%
- 7NAVIN KUMAR DASIndependent · IND2270.6%
- 8KAMLESH MALDAHIYARIndependent · IND1410.4%
- 9RAM KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1280.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–JNP swing
- −38.5%
- CPI share
- 47.4% → 49.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 40.8%
- Turnout
- — → —