Constituency
62. Motihari
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-MOTIHARI
BLD 46.7%won by 20.6%INC 26.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 20.6%.
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 46.7% of the vote here (+46.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.8% between them, down from 79.5% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.2% to 54.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,58,880
Turnout
54.5%
Valid votes
3,59,129
Margin
73,953
20.59%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BLD- 1THAKUR RAMPATI SINGHBLD · BLD1,67,73246.7%
- 2BIBHUTI MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC93,77926.1%
- 3KAMLA MISHRA MADHUKARCommunist Party of India · CPI90,15125.1%
- 4JAGDISH PURBEYIndependent · IND4,2221.2%
- 5MOHAMAD ALAM ANSARIIndependent · IND3,2450.9%
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
- +88.7%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 46.7%
- INC share
- 68.1% → 26.1%
- Turnout
- 42.3% → 54.5%