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Constituency

33. Barharia

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-BARHARIA

CPI 40.8%won by 14.0%BJS 26.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 14.0%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 26.2% to 40.8% of the vote here (+14.6%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.7% of the vote between them, up from 56.0% — 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
48,114
Margin
6,716
13.96%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPIBJS swing
+17.5%
CPI share
26.2% 40.8%
BJS share
29.8% 26.9%
Turnout