Constituency
296. Majhgaon
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-MAJHGAON
JNP 41.2%won by 21.7%IND 19.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 21.7%.
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 41.2% of the vote here (+41.2%).
- 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
23,542
Margin
5,108
21.70%
Candidates
14 contested · winner JNP- 1GOWARDHAN NAYAKJanata Party · JNP9,69541.2%
- 2DEVENDRA NATH CHAMPIAIndependent · IND4,58719.5%
- 3BAMA CHARAN KUNKALJan Kalyan Party · JKP2,79411.9%
- 4DURGA PURTYJKD · JKD1,2225.2%
- 5KOLAYE BIRUAIndian National Congress · INC1,1434.9%
- 6SANATAN PINGUAIndependent · IND9213.9%
- 7LEBEYA MUNDUIAIndependent · IND8523.6%
- 8SONARA SIRKAIndependent · IND5252.2%
- 9ASWINI KUMAR SAWAIYANIndependent · IND3951.7%
- 10LAL SINGH ALDAIndependent · IND3661.6%
- 11MUKUND SAWAIYANIndependent · IND3341.4%
- 12DULU RAM BIRUAIndependent · IND3221.4%
- 13SADHU CHARAN HEMBRAMIndependent · IND1950.8%
- 14FELIX HEMAN HEBRON RICHARDIndependent · IND1910.8%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–IND swing
- +53.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 41.2%
- IND share
- 31.6% → 19.5%
- Turnout
- — → —