Constituency
113. Palamau
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-PALAMAU
BLD 77.6%won by 62.6%INC 15.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 62.6%.
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 77.6% of the vote here (+77.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.6% of the vote between them, up from 82.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 14.8% to 44.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,79,353
Turnout
44.9%
Valid votes
2,60,260
Margin
1,62,839
62.57%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BLD- 1RAMDENI RAMBLD · BLD2,01,86177.6%
- 2KAMLA KUMARIIndian National Congress · INC39,02215.0%
- 3BHIKHAM MOCHIIndependent · IND6,9432.7%
- 4RAM SWARUP RAM RAVIIndependent · IND5,5222.1%
- 5JASODA DEVIIndependent · IND3,0281.2%
- 6MOHAN RAMIndependent · IND2,3360.9%
- 7KANHAI RAMIndependent · IND1,5480.6%
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
- +113.8%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 77.6%
- INC share
- 51.3% → 15.0%
- Turnout
- 30.1% → 44.9%