Constituency
285. Jharia
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-JHARIA
JNP 33.6%won by 10.2%CPI 23.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 10.2%.
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 33.6% of the vote here (+33.6%).
- Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
55,171
Margin
5,650
10.24%
Candidates
17 contested · winner JNP- 1SURYA DEO SINGHJanata Party · JNP18,53933.6%
- 2SHIV KUMAR ROYCommunist Party of India · CPI12,88923.4%
- 3MOIJUDDIN KHANIndependent · IND5,57110.1%
- 4RAM DEV SINGHIndependent · IND5,51110.0%
- 5RAJ KUMAR ROYIndependent · IND3,3856.1%
- 6NAGINA PASWANIndependent · IND2,5124.6%
- 7HEM CH. CHAKRAVARTHYSUC · SUC2,1103.8%
- 8HARINANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND9621.7%
- 9BUDHAN RAMJKD · JKD7311.3%
- 10RAM PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND6211.1%
- 11RAM JANAM SINGHIndependent · IND5481.0%
- 12R.K. RAWATIndependent · IND4700.9%
- 13DEV DUTT MISHRAIndependent · IND3960.7%
- 14RAJRALI MALLAHIndependent · IND2810.5%
- 15RAM AKNAL PANDEYIndependent · IND2370.4%
- 16RAJENDRA PRASAD AGRAWALIndependent · IND2150.4%
- 17RAM REKHA ROYIndependent · IND1930.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPI swing
- +44.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 33.6%
- CPI share
- 34.6% → 23.4%
- Turnout
- — → —