Constituency
89. Benipur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-BENIPUR
INC 59.5%won by 39.6%SOP 19.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: LTC (LTC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 39.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 28.5% to 59.5% of the vote here (+31.0%).
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 19.8% — it did not contest here in 1969.
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
71,745
Margin
28,417
39.61%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1HARI NATH MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC42,65859.5%
- 2CHOUDHARY RAMKISHORE ROYSOP · SOP14,24119.8%
- 3SHYAM CHANDRA JHABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,71510.8%
- 4ALAM GIRKHANNSwatantra Party · SWA5,2677.3%
- 5MOHAMMAD SALIMNCO · NCO1,8642.6%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- LTC
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SOP swing
- +11.1%
- INC share
- 28.5% → 59.5%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 19.8%
- Turnout
- — → —