Constituency
55. Paru
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-PARU
INC 90.8%won by 81.6%BJS 9.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.3% to 81.6%.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 9.2% — it polled just 1.4% in 1969.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
89,966
Margin
73,400
81.59%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1BIRENDRA KUMAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC81,68390.8%
- 2RAM DEO OJHABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8,2839.2%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +29.4%
- INC share
- 53.6% → 90.8%
- BJS share
- 1.4% → 9.2%
- Turnout
- — → —