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Constituency

72. Sonabarsa

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-SONABARSA

SOP 52.9%won by 17.8%INC 35.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to SOP (SOP), which now leads by 17.8%.

  • SOP vote shareSOP went from 0.0% to 52.9% of the vote here (+52.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.9% of the vote between them, up from 65.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
77,023
Margin
13,714
17.81%

Candidates

4 contested · winner SOP
  1. 1SITA RAM MAHTOSOP · SOP40,72552.9%
  2. 2RAM NANDAN RAIIndian National Congress · INC27,01135.1%
  3. 3ABDUL LATIFNCO · NCO7,86710.2%
  4. 4RAM BABU RAIIndependent · IND1,4201.8%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
SOPflipped
SOPINC swing
+53.4%
SOP share
0.0% 52.9%
INC share
35.6% 35.1%
Turnout