Constituency
309. Mandar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-MANDAR
INC 39.5%won by 0.1%JNP 39.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.5% to 0.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 39.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.9% of the vote between them, up from 56.1% — 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
45,983
Margin
31
0.07%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1KARAM CHAND BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC18,15739.5%
- 2KAILASH ORAONJanata Party · JNP18,12639.4%
- 3JHON EKKAIndependent · IND4,93310.7%
- 4KOHAS GESANIUS PRABHUSHARAN TOPPOIndependent · IND2,1884.8%
- 5SAMUEL HOROJKD · JKD1,4593.2%
- 6DAVID MUNJNIJan Kalyan Party · JKP1,1202.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −32.8%
- INC share
- 32.8% → 39.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 39.4%
- Turnout
- — → —