Constituency
103. Chatra
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-CHATRA
BLD 75.0%won by 52.8%INC 22.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 52.8%.
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 75.0% of the vote here (+75.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.2% of the vote between them, up from 80.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 18.2% to 46.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,80,623
Turnout
46.8%
Valid votes
2,71,889
Margin
1,43,534
52.79%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BLD- 1SUKDEO PRASAD VERMABLD · BLD2,03,87875.0%
- 2SHANKAR DAYAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC60,34422.2%
- 3LALDEO PRASAD SHASTRIIndependent · IND3,9301.4%
- 4HARIDWAR PATHAKIndependent · IND2,1080.8%
- 5HARIBANSH SINGHIndependent · IND1,6290.6%
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
- +96.0%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 75.0%
- INC share
- 43.2% → 22.2%
- Turnout
- 28.7% → 46.8%