Constituency
319. Daltonganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-DALTONGANJ
JNP 54.4%won by 33.9%INC 20.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOP (SOP) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 33.9%.
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 54.4% of the vote here (+54.4%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 20.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
38,049
Margin
12,916
33.95%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1PURAN CHANDJanata Party · JNP20,71254.4%
- 2DINANATH TIWARYIndian National Congress · INC7,79620.5%
- 3BHUWNESHWAR PRASAD BAJPAICommunist Party of India · CPI4,55112.0%
- 4BHAGWAN CHAND PANDEIndependent · IND1,9585.1%
- 5TARKESHWAR AZADIndependent · IND1,2163.2%
- 6HANSRAJ SINGHIndependent · IND1,1753.1%
- 7DILRAJ SINGHIndependent · IND6411.7%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SOP
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +33.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 54.4%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 20.5%
- Turnout
- — → —