Constituency
66. Chapra
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-CHAPRA
BLD 86.0%won by 77.4%INC 8.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 77.4%.
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 86.0% of the vote here (+86.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.6% of the vote between them, up from 71.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 24.2% to 73.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,58,829
Turnout
73.3%
Valid votes
4,83,198
Margin
3,73,800
77.36%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BLD- 1LALU PRASADBLD · BLD4,15,40986.0%
- 2RAM SHEKHAR PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC41,6098.6%
- 3SHEO BACHAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI21,1944.4%
- 4DAROGA RAIIndependent · IND2,3450.5%
- 5SHATRUGHNA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1,9510.4%
- 6BHOLA SINGHIndependent · IND6900.1%
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
- +119.4%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 86.0%
- INC share
- 42.1% → 8.6%
- Turnout
- 49.1% → 73.3%