Constituency
291. Jamshedpur East
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-JAMSHEDPUR-EAST
JNP 50.2%won by 32.2%CPM 17.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 32.2%.
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 50.2% of the vote here (+50.2%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.1% between them, down from 77.0% — the field split more ways.
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
40,362
Margin
13,011
32.24%
Candidates
9 contested · winner JNP- 1DINA NATH PANDEYJanata Party · JNP20,24550.2%
- 2JWALA SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM7,23417.9%
- 3SALIMUDDIN KHANCommunist Party of India · CPI7,08517.6%
- 4M.K. AKHAURIIndependent · IND3,7709.3%
- 5NAWAL KISHOR SINGHJan Kalyan Party · JKP5321.3%
- 6H.B. SINGHJKD · JKD4601.1%
- 7FULESHWAR THAKURIndependent · IND4591.1%
- 8BIJOY PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND4211.0%
- 9SHREEPAL SINGHIndependent · IND1560.4%
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–CPM swing
- +53.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 50.2%
- CPM share
- 21.5% → 17.9%
- Turnout
- — → —