Constituency
320. Garhwa
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-GARHWA
JNP 69.9%won by 50.8%INC 19.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 50.8%.
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 69.9% of the vote here (+69.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.0% of the vote between them, up from 62.0% — 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
33,481
Margin
17,023
50.84%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1VINOD N.DIXITJanata Party · JNP23,40869.9%
- 2DEORAJ TIWARIIndian National Congress · INC6,38519.1%
- 3NARENDRA PRASADIndependent · IND1,5544.6%
- 4GANESH PD. SINGHIndependent · IND1,3033.9%
- 5SHIV SHANKAR TIWARIIndependent · IND6682.0%
- 6IMTIAZ AHMAD KHANIndependent · IND1630.5%
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
- +82.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 69.9%
- INC share
- 31.7% → 19.1%
- Turnout
- — → —