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46. Sonepur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-SONEPUR

INC 47.4%won by 1.7%SOP 45.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.5% to 1.7%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 45.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.1% of the vote between them, up from 72.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
73,470
Margin
1,276
1.74%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM JAIPAL SINGH YADAVIndian National Congress · INC34,83247.4%
  2. 2RAM UNDAR DASSOP · SOP33,55645.7%
  3. 3BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMANCO · NCO9651.3%
  4. 4TAPESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND9561.3%
  5. 5SATRUGHAN SINGHIndependent · IND8851.2%
  6. 6DAMANTI SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM7601.0%
  7. 7SIVAJEE SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7521.0%
  8. 8ASARFI PRASADIndependent · IND3900.5%
  9. 9RAGHUBANSH SINGHIndependent · IND2990.4%
  10. 10HARI NANDAN PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND750.1%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
−44.3%
INC share
46.0% → 47.4%
SOP share
0.0% → 45.7%
Turnout
— → —
45. Parsa47. Hajipur
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