Constituency
65. Maharajganj
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-MAHARAJGANJ
BLD 78.0%won by 56.8%INC 21.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 56.8%.
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 78.0% of the vote here (+78.0%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 21.2% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.1% of the vote between them, up from 67.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 16.5% to 65.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,82,823
Turnout
65.0%
Valid votes
4,43,550
Margin
2,51,898
56.79%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BLD- 1RAM DEO SINGHBLD · BLD3,45,78178.0%
- 2DAROGA PRASAD ROYIndian National Congress · INC93,88321.2%
- 3CHANDRA SHEKHAR MISHRAIndependent · IND3,8860.9%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +56.8%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 78.0%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 21.2%
- Turnout
- 48.4% → 65.0%