Constituency

313. Gumla

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

BR-GUMLA

IND 43.4%won by 15.3%JNP 28.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 15.3%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

IND vote shareIND went from 2.1% to 43.4% of the vote here (+41.4%).
New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.6% of the vote between them, up from 57.2% — 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

40,971

Margin

6,251

15.26%

5 contested · winner IND

Derived

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