Constituency
454. Maharajganj
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-MAHARAJGANJ
BLD 61.9%won by 44.4%INC 17.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 44.4%.
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 61.9% of the vote here (+61.9%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 17.5% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.4% of the vote between them, up from 67.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.0% to 52.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,67,992
Turnout
52.4%
Valid votes
2,97,519
Margin
1,31,991
44.36%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BLD- 1SHIBBAN LAL SAKSENABLD · BLD1,84,09061.9%
- 2RAGHUBAR PRASADIndian National Congress · INC52,09917.5%
- 3RAMASHANKAR PRASAD GUPTAIndependent · IND37,15112.5%
- 4RAM CHARITRAIndependent · IND10,2103.4%
- 5SADHOO SHARANIndependent · IND7,4212.5%
- 6SIRTAJIndependent · IND3,9201.3%
- 7SANKATA PRASADIndependent · IND1,6330.5%
- 8UDAI BHANIndependent · IND9950.3%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +44.4%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 61.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 17.5%
- Turnout
- 48.4% → 52.4%