Election
Constituency

284. Dhanbad

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

BR-DHANBAD

INC 33.9%won by 4.8%JNP 29.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.8%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 33.9% of the vote here (+33.9%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 29.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.1% between them, down from 71.7% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
44,111
Margin
2,125
4.82%

Candidates

23 contested · winner INC
  1. 1YOGESHWAR PRASAD 'YOGESH'Indian National Congress · INC14,97333.9%
  2. 2KALAWATI DEVIJanata Party · JNP12,84829.1%
  3. 3NIRMAL KUMAR CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND4,60810.4%
  4. 4CHINMAY MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India · CPI3,4007.7%
  5. 5SURJAN RAMIndependent · IND1,4933.4%
  6. 6B.N. LALAIndependent · IND1,2212.8%
  7. 7M.D. IKWALIndependent · IND1,0492.4%
  8. 8VANI BANSH MAZUMDARIndependent · IND9422.1%
  9. 9ANIL MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND5501.2%
  10. 10RAMJEE BHAGATIndependent · IND4511.0%
  11. 11PRABHUNARAYAN KHANDELWALIndependent · IND4241.0%
  12. 12M.P. VERMAIndependent · IND3460.8%
  13. 13SHIV PRASAD PANDEYIndependent · IND3270.7%
  14. 14DEV DAS SHARMAIndependent · IND2370.5%
  15. 15AWADH NARAYAN DUBEYIndependent · IND2220.5%
  16. 16PRADIP KUMAR BANERJEEIndependent · IND2000.5%
  17. 17R.K. PRASADIndependent · IND1400.3%
  18. 18DWARIKA PRASAD SHARMAIndependent · IND1390.3%
  19. 19GOPI RAM AGARWALIndependent · IND1360.3%
  20. 20KEDARNATH CHOURASIAIndependent · IND1290.3%
  21. 21RAJU MALAKARIndependent · IND1210.3%
  22. 22NARAYAN MAHTOJKD · JKD1070.2%
  23. 23SAHED DAYAL SINGHIndependent · IND480.1%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
CPI
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–JNP swing
+4.8%
INC share
0.0% → 33.9%
JNP share
0.0% → 29.1%
Turnout
— → —
283. Nirsa285. Jharia
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