Constituency
12. Motihari
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-MOTIHARI
INC 42.4%won by 13.9%BJS 28.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.7% to 13.9%.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
48,720
Margin
6,791
13.94%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1PRABHAWATI GUPTAIndian National Congress · INC20,67442.4%
- 2CHANDRIKA PD. YADAVBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS13,88328.5%
- 3NASI AHMADSOP · SOP12,85926.4%
- 4RAM BIHARI SHARMANCO · NCO8241.7%
- 5RAM CHANDRA SAHNIIndependent · IND4801.0%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +2.3%
- INC share
- 39.5% → 42.4%
- BJS share
- 27.8% → 28.5%
- Turnout
- — → —