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17. Madhuban

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-MADHUBAN

CPI 44.3%won by 20.8%IND 23.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.0% to 20.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.6% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.9% between them, down from 79.4% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
52,063
Margin
10,819
20.78%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1RAJPATI DEVICommunist Party of India · CPI23,08544.3%
  2. 2MAHENDRA RAIIndependent · IND12,26623.6%
  3. 3RAM DHRUB PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,58212.6%
  4. 4THAKUR GIRJANANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND5,1399.9%
  5. 5NURUL HODA KHANIndependent · IND3,5996.9%
  6. 6BAGESHWAR PRASADSOP · SOP5451.0%
  7. 7MUNSHI BHAGATIndependent · IND4290.8%
  8. 8AMBIKA SINGHNCO · NCO4180.8%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–IND swing
−32.5%
CPI share
53.2% → 44.3%
IND share
0.0% → 23.6%
Turnout
— → —
16. Patabi18. Kesaria
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