Constituency
304. Silli
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-SILLI
CPM 24.0%won by 1.7%JNP 22.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 1.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 14.3% to 24.0% of the vote here (+9.7%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 22.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 46.3% between them, down from 66.5% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
34,433
Margin
581
1.69%
Candidates
15 contested · winner CPM- 1RAJENDRA SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8,26124.0%
- 2GOVIND CHANDRA MAHTOJanata Party · JNP7,68022.3%
- 3RAM TAHAL CHOWDHURYIndian National Congress · INC5,21215.1%
- 4RAJA VIRENDRA NATH SINGHDEOIndependent · IND4,65313.5%
- 5RAMESHWAR MAHTOFBL · FBL2,9018.4%
- 6LAKSHMAN SINGH MANKIIndependent · IND1,0553.1%
- 7LAKHAN SINGH MUNDAIndependent · IND9742.8%
- 8BASANT KUMAR MAHTOJan Kalyan Party · JKP9222.7%
- 9DEVENDAR MAHTOIndependent · IND5491.6%
- 10ANIL CHOWDHURYIndependent · IND5301.5%
- 11VIPALAV NATH BHAGATIndependent · IND4491.3%
- 12A.K. GHADATWALIndependent · IND4101.2%
- 13HIRAMAL MAHTOIndependent · IND3120.9%
- 14MAHESHWAR SWANSIIndependent · IND2840.8%
- 15RAJAK KHANIndependent · IND2410.7%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–JNP swing
- −12.6%
- CPM share
- 14.3% → 24.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 22.3%
- Turnout
- — → —