Constituency
61. Bettiah
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BETTIAH
BLD 58.7%won by 30.3%INC 28.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 30.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 58.7% of the vote here (+58.7%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 13.0% to 49.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,41,326
Turnout
49.5%
Valid votes
3,17,498
Margin
96,328
30.34%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BLD- 1FAZLUR RAHMANBLD · BLD1,86,48658.7%
- 2KEDAR PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC90,15828.4%
- 3RAMASHRAY SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM28,4168.9%
- 4MAYA DEVIIndependent · IND8,2632.6%
- 5LAXMI KANT TIWARYIndependent · IND2,6970.8%
- 6CHHEDI KHANIndependent · IND1,4780.5%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +103.0%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 58.7%
- INC share
- 72.7% → 28.4%
- Turnout
- 36.5% → 49.5%