Constituency
177. Barmer
Community mirrorRajasthan Assembly Election, 1977
RJ-BARMER
INC 58.4%won by 19.3%JNP 39.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.2% to 19.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 39.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.4% of the vote between them, up from 81.1% — 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
45,789
Margin
8,837
19.30%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1VIRDHI CHANDIndian National Congress · INC26,72958.4%
- 2UMMED SINGHJanata Party · JNP17,89239.1%
- 3KAVENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND1,1682.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −30.4%
- INC share
- 49.7% → 58.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 39.1%
- Turnout
- — → —