Constituency
302. Tokpa
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-TOKPA
JKD 48.3%won by 13.6%JNP 34.7%
What changed here
DerivedJKD held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.2% to 13.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 34.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.0% of the vote between them, up from 65.2% — 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
34,064
Margin
4,623
13.57%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JKD- 1NIRAL ENAM HOROJKD · JKD16,44648.3%
- 2DOLI KANDULNAJanata Party · JNP11,82334.7%
- 3MOSES GURIAIndependent · IND3,58110.5%
- 4LAIYANDAR TIRUIndian National Congress · INC1,7215.1%
- 5THEOPHIL PAHANIndependent · IND4931.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JKD
- Winner now
- JKD
- JKD–JNP swing
- −32.1%
- JKD share
- 45.7% → 48.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 34.7%
- Turnout
- — → —