Constituency
321. Bhawanathpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1977
BR-BHAWANATHPUR
JNP 36.8%won by 3.7%INC 33.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 3.7%.
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 36.8% of the vote here (+36.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.9% between them, down from 90.7% — the field split more ways.
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
36,902
Margin
1,383
3.75%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1RAM CHANDRA PRASAD KESHRIJanata Party · JNP13,58336.8%
- 2SHANKAR PRATAP DEOIndian National Congress · INC12,20033.1%
- 3LAL HEMANDRA DEHATIIndependent · IND10,78529.2%
- 4GANESH PRASAD VISHWAKARMAIndependent · IND3340.9%
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
- +63.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 36.8%
- INC share
- 60.1% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- — → —