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Constituency

85. Rajmahal

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977

IN-RAJMAHAL

BLD 68.2%won by 42.4%INC 25.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 42.4%.

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 68.2% of the vote here (+68.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.9% of the vote between them, up from 74.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 13.4% to 38.9%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
5,61,472
Turnout
38.9%
Valid votes
2,18,155
Margin
92,486
42.39%

Candidates

3 contested · winner BLD
  1. 1FATHER ANTHONI MURMUBLD · BLD1,48,67768.2%
  2. 2YOFESH CHANDRA MURMUIndian National Congress · INC56,19125.8%
  3. 3MASIS SORENPHJ · PHJ13,2876.1%

Since 1971

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
BLDflipped
BLDINC swing
+87.2%
BLD share
0.0% 68.2%
INC share
44.8% 25.8%
Turnout
25.5% 38.9%