Constituency
316. Latehar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-LATEHAR
JNP 80.9%won by 65.9%INC 15.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 65.9%.
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 80.9% of the vote here (+80.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.0% of the vote between them, up from 65.5% — 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
20,972
Margin
13,811
65.85%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1RAMDEOJanata Party · JNP16,97480.9%
- 2BHOLA DAYALIndian National Congress · INC3,16315.1%
- 3DHANESHWAR RAMIndependent · IND5552.6%
- 4JAGESHWAR RAMIndependent · IND1630.8%
- 5RAM LAGAN RAMIndependent · IND1170.6%
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–INC swing
- +104.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 80.9%
- INC share
- 38.4% → 15.1%
- Turnout
- — → —