Constituency
84. Katihar
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-KATIHAR
BLD 69.4%won by 41.9%INC 27.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 41.9%.
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 69.4% of the vote here (+69.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.9% of the vote between them, up from 65.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.9% to 58.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,28,137
Turnout
58.7%
Valid votes
3,09,850
Margin
1,29,789
41.89%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BLD- 1YUVRAJBLD · BLD2,15,07469.4%
- 2SHAH MOHAMMAD TARIQUE 'ANWAR'Indian National Congress · INC85,28527.5%
- 3KAMRUL AHSANIndependent · IND7,9012.5%
- 4ABDUR SATARIndependent · IND1,5900.5%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +72.3%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 69.4%
- INC share
- 30.4% → 27.5%
- Turnout
- 48.8% → 58.7%