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47. Hajipur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-HAJIPUR

SOP 54.8%won by 31.6%INC 23.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: SHD (SHD) lost it to SOP (SOP), which now leads by 31.6%.

  • SOP vote shareSOP went from 0.0% to 54.8% of the vote here (+54.8%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.1% of the vote between them, up from 58.1% — 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
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not in source
Valid votes
77,591
Margin
24,505
31.58%

Candidates

6 contested · winner SOP
  1. 1MOTILAL SINHA KANANSOP · SOP42,55554.8%
  2. 2GOPINATH PATELIndian National Congress · INC18,05023.3%
  3. 3DWARKANATH THAKURNCO · NCO14,97619.3%
  4. 4PRADYOMAN PRASAD SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7781.0%
  5. 5KAMLESHWAR PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND6980.9%
  6. 6RAJENDRA PRASADIndependent · IND5340.7%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SHD
Winner now
SOPflipped
SOP–INC swing
+49.6%
SOP share
0.0% → 54.8%
INC share
18.0% → 23.3%
Turnout
— → —
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