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88. Manigachhi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-MANIGACHHI

INC 53.0%won by 32.2%SOP 20.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.2% to 32.2%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 20.8% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.8% of the vote between them, up from 59.0% — 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
1,03,852
Margin
33,477
32.24%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NAGENDRA JHAIndian National Congress · INC55,06953.0%
  2. 2UDIT NARAYAN SINHASOP · SOP21,59220.8%
  3. 3IZHAR AHMADSwatantra Party · SWA20,88120.1%
  4. 4SASHI CHANDRA MISHRABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,6083.5%
  5. 5BIRENDRA NARAYAN JHANCO · NCO1,6941.6%
  6. 6DEV NARAYAN GUPTAIndependent · IND4650.4%
  7. 7RAM SHARAN JHAIndependent · IND3880.4%
  8. 8MADHURI MANDALIndependent · IND1040.1%
  9. 9NAZIM RIZVIIndependent · IND510.0%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
+2.1%
INC share
30.1% → 53.0%
SOP share
0.0% → 20.8%
Turnout
— → —
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