EElectionLens
Constituency

22. Gopalganj

Community mirror

Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-GOPALGANJ

INC 42.4%won by 18.5%IND 23.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.8% to 18.5%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.9% — it polled just 1.3% in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 66.2% of the vote between them, up from 56.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
46,620
Margin
8,619
18.49%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM DULARI SINHIndian National Congress · INC19,74942.4%
  2. 2RAMADHAR PD. YADAVIndependent · IND11,13023.9%
  3. 3NAGESHWAR SINGHNCO · NCO10,33722.2%
  4. 4CHANDRAMA SINGHSOP · SOP2,5565.5%
  5. 5UMA SHANKAR MISHRABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,5663.4%
  6. 6SIYA BIHARI SHARANRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP7131.5%
  7. 7RAMA PRASADIndependent · IND5691.2%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−16.3%
INC share
36.1% → 42.4%
IND share
1.3% → 23.9%
Turnout
— → —
21. Gobindganj23. Kuchaikot
Back to the BR Assembly 1972 explorer