Constituency
74. Darbhanga
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-DARBHANGA
BLD 73.6%won by 50.8%INC 22.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 50.8%.
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 73.6% of the vote here (+73.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.3% of the vote between them, up from 53.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.1% to 65.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,35,811
Turnout
65.6%
Valid votes
4,17,082
Margin
2,12,002
50.83%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BLD- 1SURENDRA JHA SUMANBLD · BLD3,06,85773.6%
- 2RADHANANDAN JHAIndian National Congress · INC94,85522.7%
- 3JAGESHWAR YADAVIndependent · IND4,7751.1%
- 4SHOBHAKANT JHAIndependent · IND4,6021.1%
- 5HARISHCHANDRA MISHRAIndependent · IND2,2860.5%
- 6RAM NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND1,8750.4%
- 7HEM KANT CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND1,1890.3%
- 8NAGESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND6430.2%
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
- +85.2%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 73.6%
- INC share
- 34.3% → 22.7%
- Turnout
- 56.5% → 65.6%