Constituency
297. Jaganathpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-JAGANATHPUR
JNP 47.9%won by 5.6%JKP 42.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 5.6%.
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 47.9% of the vote here (+47.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.3% between them, down from 96.0% — 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
19,943
Margin
1,122
5.63%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1BARJU HANSDAJanata Party · JNP9,56247.9%
- 2MANGAL SINGH LAMAIJan Kalyan Party · JKP8,44042.3%
- 3PURNA CHANDRA BIRUAIndependent · IND7093.6%
- 4NARKANT BIRUAIndependent · IND6423.2%
- 5C.A. PANKAJJKD · JKD5903.0%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–JKP swing
- +52.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 47.9%
- JKP share
- 47.1% → 42.3%
- Turnout
- — → —