Constituency
81. Araria
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-ARARIA
BLD 65.4%won by 32.0%INC 33.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 32.0%.
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 65.4% of the vote here (+65.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.7% of the vote between them, up from 91.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 19.3% to 57.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,90,569
Turnout
57.5%
Valid votes
3,39,393
Margin
1,08,534
31.98%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BLD- 1MAHENDRA NARAYAN SARDARBLD · BLD2,21,82965.4%
- 2DUMAR LAL BAITHAIndian National Congress · INC1,13,29533.4%
- 3JANAK LAL RISHIIndependent · IND4,2691.3%
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
- +98.5%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 65.4%
- INC share
- 66.6% → 33.4%
- Turnout
- 38.2% → 57.5%