Constituency

53. Vaishali

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-VAISHALI

INC 54.4%won by 12.3%NCO 42.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: LTC (LTC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.3%.

INC vote shareINC went from 8.4% to 54.4% of the vote here (+46.0%).
New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 42.1% — it did not contest here in 1969.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.5% 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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Turnout

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Valid votes

73,798

Margin

9,101

12.33%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC

1LALITESHWAR PD. SAHI Indian National Congress · INC40,15554.4%
2BATESHWAR PRASAD NCO · NCO31,05442.1%
3PRASINH NARAIN SINGH Independent · IND2,0222.7%
4BIDHYANAND SINGH SOP · SOP4250.6%
5SARYUG TEWARY Independent · IND1420.2%

Since 1969

Derived

Winner then: LTC
Winner now: INCflipped
INC–NCO swing: +3.9%
INC share: 8.4% → 54.4%
NCO share: 0.0% → 42.1%
Turnout: — → —

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