Constituency
4. Shikarpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-SHIKARPUR
INC 52.3%won by 24.5%IND 27.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 24.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 32.0% to 52.3% of the vote here (+20.4%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
36,481
Margin
8,934
24.49%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SITARAM PRASADIndian National Congress · INC19,08252.3%
- 2BHOLA RAM TUFANIIndependent · IND10,14827.8%
- 3VIDYA K. VIDYALANKARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,98010.9%
- 4SHEONATH RAMSOP · SOP1,9155.2%
- 5SONA MALLIKNCO · NCO1,1823.2%
- 6DHARMDEO PRASADSwatantra Party · SWA1740.5%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −4.4%
- INC share
- 32.0% → 52.3%
- IND share
- 3.1% → 27.8%
- Turnout
- — → —