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Constituency

41. Marhaura

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-MARHAURA

INC 31.8%won by 5.4%SUC 26.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.3% to 5.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) to SUC (SUC).
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
64,141
Margin
3,480
5.43%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHISHM PRASAD YADAVIndian National Congress · INC20,42131.8%
  2. 2AMAR KUMAR PANDESUC · SUC16,94126.4%
  3. 3MAHESHWAR PRASAD SINGHNCO · NCO11,92718.6%
  4. 4HARI PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND7,80612.2%
  5. 5JANARDAN PRASAD SINGHSOP · SOP6,83810.7%
  6. 6SHYAM DEO RAMIndependent · IND2080.3%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SUC swing
−9.5%
INC share
31.6% → 31.8%
SUC share
16.7% → 26.4%
Turnout
— → —
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