Constituency
86. Dumka
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-DUMKA
BLD 49.5%won by 22.8%INC 26.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 22.8%.
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 49.5% of the vote here (+49.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.1% of the vote between them, up from 64.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.7% to 40.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,79,061
Turnout
40.3%
Valid votes
2,33,333
Margin
53,254
22.82%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BLD- 1BATESHWAR HEMRAMBLD · BLD1,15,38649.5%
- 2PRITHIWICHAND KISKUIndian National Congress · INC62,13226.6%
- 3SATRUGHAN BESRACommunist Party of India · CPI38,65516.6%
- 4CHANDRA MURMUPHJ · PHJ9,9244.3%
- 5JOGINDER NATH MARANDIIndependent · IND4,2931.8%
- 6SETH SANATAN KISKU RAPAJIndependent · IND2,9431.3%
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
- +58.2%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 49.5%
- INC share
- 35.4% → 26.6%
- Turnout
- 30.6% → 40.3%