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90. Darbhanga

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-DARBHANGA

BJS 26.4%won by 1.4%CPI 25.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 1.4%.

  • BJS vote shareBJS went from 31.4% to 26.4% of the vote here (−5.0%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.5% between them, down from 70.4% — the field split more ways.

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
77,101
Margin
1,045
1.36%

Candidates

11 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1SURENDRA JHA SUMANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS20,38926.4%
  2. 2RAMA BALLAV JALLANCommunist Party of India · CPI19,34425.1%
  3. 3MAJIDALAMSOP · SOP15,71720.4%
  4. 4KRISHAN KUMAR BAIROLIYAIndependent · IND8,26310.7%
  5. 5PITENDRA NARAYANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,2425.5%
  6. 6KAMESHWAR LALL SAHUSwatantra Party · SWA3,4444.5%
  7. 7GAURI SHANKER JHAIndependent · IND2,5413.3%
  8. 8FULESHWAR PRASAD MUKHIYANCO · NCO1,7192.2%
  9. 9HANUMAN BHAGATIndependent · IND9391.2%
  10. 10TARNI PRASAD SINHAIndependent · IND4200.5%
  11. 11QAMLUR HODAIndependent · IND830.1%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
BJSflipped
BJS–CPI swing
+8.9%
BJS share
31.4% → 26.4%
CPI share
39.0% → 25.1%
Turnout
— → —
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