Constituency
14. Ghorasahan
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-GHORASAHAN
INC 43.0%won by 1.8%NCO 41.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.9% to 1.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 41.2% — it did not contest here in 1969.
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
55,950
Margin
987
1.76%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RAJENDRA PRATAP SINGHIndian National Congress · INC24,03943.0%
- 2MANGAL PRASAD YADAVNCO · NCO23,05241.2%
- 3SOAMBER PANDEYSwatantra Party · SWA7,39513.2%
- 4YAMUNA RAIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,3092.3%
- 5RISHIDEO PRASADIndependent · IND1550.3%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −44.8%
- INC share
- 46.5% → 43.0%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 41.2%
- Turnout
- — → —