Constituency
287. Baharagora
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-BAHARAGORA
INC 48.5%won by 19.6%IND 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.7% to 19.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.4% of the vote between them, up from 71.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Multi-cornered4 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
39,973
Margin
7,846
19.63%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1BISHNA PADA GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC19,39548.5%
- 2THAKUR DAS MEHTAIndependent · IND11,54928.9%
- 3RAMESH CHANDRA DIGARJan Kalyan Party · JKP4,45011.1%
- 4SARLA BALA MAHATOSUC · SUC3,1958.0%
- 5MALLIC HEMBUMJKD · JKD8872.2%
- 6DHANI RAM HANSDAIndependent · IND2710.7%
- 7KAUSHIK KUMAR SARKARIndependent · IND2260.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +18.9%
- INC share
- 36.3% → 48.5%
- IND share
- 35.6% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- — → —