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86. Biraul

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-BIRAUL

BJS 43.4%won by 8.3%SOP 35.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: SHD (SHD) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 8.3%.

  • BJS vote shareBJS went from 25.7% to 43.4% of the vote here (+17.7%).
  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 35.1% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.5% of the vote between them, up from 58.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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not in source
Valid votes
87,909
Margin
7,314
8.32%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1ANIRUDH JHABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS38,17543.4%
  2. 2MAHABIR PRASADSOP · SOP30,86135.1%
  3. 3NURUL HODAIndian National Congress · INC13,22615.0%
  4. 4CHAKARDHAR PRASAD SINGHNCO · NCO4,9665.6%
  5. 5UMAR FARIDIndependent · IND6810.8%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SHD
Winner now
BJSflipped
BJS–SOP swing
−17.4%
BJS share
25.7% → 43.4%
SOP share
0.0% → 35.1%
Turnout
— → —
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