Constituency
79. Saharsa
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-SAHARSA
BLD 67.4%won by 41.4%INC 26.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 41.4%.
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 67.4% of the vote here (+67.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.3% of the vote between them, up from 73.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 13.6% to 66.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,81,641
Turnout
66.9%
Valid votes
4,55,799
Margin
1,88,706
41.40%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BLD- 1VINAYAK PRASAD YADAVBLD · BLD3,06,99467.4%
- 2CHIRANJIB JHAIndian National Congress · INC1,18,28826.0%
- 3NAGESHWAR KHANIndependent · IND12,8472.8%
- 4KALI KANT JHAIndependent · IND12,0542.6%
- 5BAIDYA NATH KAMATIndependent · IND3,5040.8%
- 6MADAN CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND2,1120.5%
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
- +90.1%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 67.4%
- INC share
- 48.7% → 26.0%
- Turnout
- 53.2% → 66.9%