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Constituency

87. Baheri

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-BAHERI

SWA 41.5%won by 15.9%INC 25.6%

What changed here

Derived

Swatantra Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.7% to 15.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.0% of the vote between them, up from 60.5% — 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
85,684
Margin
13,624
15.90%

Candidates

7 contested · winner SWA
  1. 1TEJ NARAYAN YADAVSwatantra Party · SWA35,51841.5%
  2. 2RAM CHANDAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,89425.6%
  3. 3BASHISTH NARAYAN SINGHSOP · SOP15,31017.9%
  4. 4RAM KRIT SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS11,29513.2%
  5. 5SIYARAM LALL DEVIndependent · IND1,0861.3%
  6. 6DEV NAND JHAIndependent · IND3340.4%
  7. 7SRICHARAN AZADNCO · NCO2470.3%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SWA
Winner now
SWA
SWA–INC swing
−3.5%
SWA share
30.6% → 41.5%
INC share
11.2% → 25.6%
Turnout
— → —
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