Constituency
305. Khijri
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-KHIJRI
JNP 56.8%won by 37.7%JKP 19.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 37.7%.
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 56.8% of the vote here (+56.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Jan Kalyan Party (JKP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.9% of the vote between them, up from 57.3% — 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
35,746
Margin
13,490
37.74%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1SUKHARI ORAONJanata Party · JNP20,31356.8%
- 2S. LAKRAJan Kalyan Party · JKP6,82319.1%
- 3UMRAON SADHO KUJURIndian National Congress · INC4,65513.0%
- 4CHHATRAPATI MAHAVIR PRASAD SAHICommunist Party of India · CPI2,2806.4%
- 5SAHI LALU PAHANIndependent · IND8622.4%
- 6SOMNATH ORAONJKD · JKD5541.5%
- 7HARUN ORAONIndependent · IND2590.7%
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
- +52.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 56.8%
- JKP share
- 14.8% → 19.1%
- Turnout
- — → —