Constituency
299. Chakradharpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-CHAKRADHARPUR
JNP 52.5%won by 24.4%JKP 28.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 24.4%.
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 52.5% of the vote here (+52.5%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Jan Kalyan Party (JKP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.7% of the vote between them, up from 63.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
32,764
Margin
7,988
24.38%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1JAGANATH BAKIRAJanata Party · JNP17,21352.5%
- 2DEVENDRA MANJHIJan Kalyan Party · JKP9,22528.2%
- 3THEODORE BODRAIndian National Congress · INC4,77514.6%
- 4CHANDU KUIIndependent · IND7642.3%
- 5NAND LAL TUBIDJKD · JKD5541.7%
- 6RAVINDRA KANCHAN BALMUCHUIndependent · IND2330.7%
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
- +34.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 52.5%
- JKP share
- 9.8% → 28.2%
- Turnout
- — → —