Election
Constituency

13. Adapur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-ADAPUR

INC 47.7%won by 15.7%IND 32.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.2% to 15.7%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 32.0% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.6% of the vote between them, up from 73.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
54,412
Margin
8,541
15.70%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMPRIT RAIIndian National Congress · INC25,93147.7%
  2. 2AHMAD KARIM SADDIQEEIndependent · IND17,39032.0%
  3. 3BRAJNANDAN SHARMANCO · NCO7,96714.6%
  4. 4RAM BARAN PRASADSOP · SOP2,7925.1%
  5. 5HARENDRA PD. CHAURASIABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3320.6%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−24.6%
INC share
40.3% → 47.7%
IND share
0.0% → 32.0%
Turnout
— → —
12. Motihari14. Ghorasahan
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