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Constituency

306. Ranchi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

BR-RANCHI

JNP 58.1%won by 37.6%INC 20.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 37.6%.

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 58.1% of the vote here (+58.1%).
  • Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
33,631
Margin
12,632
37.56%

Candidates

11 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1NANI GOPAL MITRAJanata Party · JNP19,53158.1%
  2. 2JAGANATH PRASAD CHOUDHRYIndian National Congress · INC6,89920.5%
  3. 3MANIBUL RAHMANJan Kalyan Party · JKP3,1049.2%
  4. 4BADSHAH PRASAD AZADIndependent · IND2,1316.3%
  5. 5NIDHI KANT UPADHAYIndependent · IND6802.0%
  6. 6KRISHNA BALDEO SHARMAJKD · JKD6131.8%
  7. 7GHANSHYAM PRASAD SINHAIndependent · IND2100.6%
  8. 8TRIBENI PRASAD SAHAYIndependent · IND1930.6%
  9. 9SUBODH KANT SAHAYIndependent · IND980.3%
  10. 10SHRAWAN KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND940.3%
  11. 11ARUN RAIIndependent · IND780.2%

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
JNPflipped
JNP–INC swing
+96.0%
JNP share
0.0% → 58.1%
INC share
58.4% → 20.5%
Turnout
— → —
305. Khijri307. Hatia
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