Constituency
70. Sheohar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-SHEOHAR
INC 53.8%won by 14.1%IND 39.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 22.5% to 53.8% of the vote here (+31.2%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 39.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.5% of the vote between them, up from 69.8% — 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
67,010
Margin
9,420
14.06%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RAGHUNATH JHAIndian National Congress · INC36,03353.8%
- 2THAKUR DIWAKARIndependent · IND26,61339.7%
- 3BAIDANATH SINGHSOP · SOP2,6714.0%
- 4BINDESHWARI SINGHNCO · NCO1,4922.2%
- 5SWAMI S. D. DANDI DANEYASIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2010.3%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BKD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −8.5%
- INC share
- 22.5% → 53.8%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 39.7%
- Turnout
- — → —