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Constituency

94. Kalyanpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-KALYANPUR

INC 62.2%won by 28.5%SOP 33.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 28.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 36.0% to 62.2% of the vote here (+26.2%).
  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 33.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.9% of the vote between them, up from 78.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
71,283
Margin
20,285
28.46%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSOP swing
−7.5%
INC share
36.0% 62.2%
SOP share
0.0% 33.7%
Turnout