Election
Constituency

304. Silli

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

BR-SILLI

CPM 24.0%won by 1.7%JNP 22.3%

What changed here

Derived

The 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.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
34,433
Margin
581
1.69%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMJNP swing
−12.6%
CPM share
14.3% 24.0%
JNP share
0.0% 22.3%
Turnout