Constituency
82. Kishanganj
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-KISHANGANJ
BLD 58.6%won by 27.9%INC 30.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 27.9%.
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 58.6% of the vote here (+58.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.2% of the vote between them, up from 78.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.2% to 47.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,98,944
Turnout
47.9%
Valid votes
2,87,084
Margin
80,130
27.91%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BLD- 1HALIMUDDIN AHMEDBLD · BLD1,68,17558.6%
- 2JAMILUR RAHMANIndian National Congress · INC88,04530.7%
- 3SHYAMDEO JHAIndependent · IND13,8024.8%
- 4ALI MOGNIIndependent · IND9,6343.4%
- 5MD. MUSLIMIndependent · IND6,3142.2%
- 6GULAM HAIDER AULIAMUL · MUL1,1140.4%
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
- +86.4%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 58.6%
- INC share
- 58.5% → 30.7%
- Turnout
- 40.8% → 47.9%