Election
Constituency

96. Samastipur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-SAMASTIPUR

NCO 39.1%won by 13.6%INC 25.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to NCO (NCO), which now leads by 13.6%.

  • NCO vote shareNCO went from 0.0% to 39.1% of the vote here (+39.1%).
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
64,216
Margin
8,759
13.64%

Candidates

7 contested · winner NCO
  1. 1SAHDEO MAHATONCO · NCO25,13039.1%
  2. 2SURAJ CHOUDHARYIndian National Congress · INC16,37125.5%
  3. 3RAJENDRA NARAIN SHARMASOP · SOP10,25616.0%
  4. 4GONAR BHAGATIndependent · IND7,13911.1%
  5. 5RAM BILASH DUTTBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,5655.6%
  6. 6RAM BINOD THAKURIndependent · IND1,2281.9%
  7. 7PADAM RAJ JAINIndependent · IND5270.8%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
NCOflipped
NCO–INC swing
+38.7%
NCO share
0.0% → 39.1%
INC share
25.1% → 25.5%
Turnout
— → —
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