Constituency
76. Samastipur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-SAMASTIPUR
BLD 78.2%won by 63.7%INC 14.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 63.7%.
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 78.2% of the vote here (+78.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.7% of the vote between them, up from 76.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 15.1% to 69.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,35,794
Turnout
69.8%
Valid votes
5,13,878
Margin
3,27,434
63.72%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BLD- 1KARPOORI THAKURBLD · BLD4,01,93578.2%
- 2YAMUNA PRASAD MANDALIndian National Congress · INC74,50114.5%
- 3PARMA NAND SINGH 'MADAN'Communist Party of India · CPI29,0285.6%
- 4SURESHWAR PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND8,4141.6%
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
- +112.9%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 78.2%
- INC share
- 49.1% → 14.5%
- Turnout
- 54.8% → 69.8%