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58. Kanti

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-KANTI

INC 21.2%won by 2.7%IND 18.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: LTC (LTC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 25.3% to 21.2% of the vote here (−4.2%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 39.6% between them, down from 76.4% — the field split more ways.

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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Valid votes
54,797
Margin
1,462
2.67%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHAMBHU SHARAN THAKURIndian National Congress · INC11,59321.2%
  2. 2BHUBNESHWAR RAIIndependent · IND10,13118.5%
  3. 3NALINI RANJAN SINHASUC · SUC8,82816.1%
  4. 4YAMUNA PD. TRIPATHINCO · NCO6,98112.7%
  5. 5YOGENDRA PRASAD SHARMABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,4459.9%
  6. 6HARIHAR PRASAD SAHIIndependent · IND5,3019.7%
  7. 7SURJA DEO SINGHIndependent · IND2,8975.3%
  8. 8SULAIMAN ANSARISOP · SOP1,4952.7%
  9. 9CHATURBHUJ RAMIndependent · IND9201.7%
  10. 10RADHIKA DEVIIndependent · IND6381.2%
  11. 11KIRAN SINHAIndependent · IND5681.0%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
LTC
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–IND swing
−16.3%
INC share
25.3% → 21.2%
IND share
6.4% → 18.5%
Turnout
— → —
57. Baruraj59. Kurhani
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