Constituency
96. Buxar
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BUXAR
BLD 65.0%won by 46.3%INC 18.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 46.3%.
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 65.0% of the vote here (+65.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.8% of the vote between them, up from 68.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 15.2% to 62.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,05,022
Turnout
62.5%
Valid votes
4,40,350
Margin
2,03,713
46.26%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BLD- 1RAMA NAND TIWARYBLD · BLD2,86,41865.0%
- 2ANANT PRASAD SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC82,70518.8%
- 3SURAJ PRASADCommunist Party of India · CPI59,61213.5%
- 4MOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND8,3001.9%
- 5SHEO NATH PANDEYIndependent · IND1,8650.4%
- 6KEDAR NATH MISHRAIndependent · IND1,4500.3%
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
- +85.6%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 65.0%
- INC share
- 39.3% → 18.8%
- Turnout
- 47.3% → 62.5%