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107. Supaul

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-SUPAUL

INC 38.4%won by 14.6%BJS 23.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.5% to 14.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • 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
51,994
Margin
7,586
14.59%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1UMA SHANKAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC19,96338.4%
  2. 2YOGESAR PD. MANDALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS12,37723.8%
  3. 3MRITYUNJAI NARAINIndependent · IND7,40414.2%
  4. 4BHUPENSA PD. VARMAIndependent · IND3,2416.2%
  5. 5IBRAHIMIndependent · IND3,0185.8%
  6. 6DINANATH PATHAKSOP · SOP2,5684.9%
  7. 7YOGINDRA PD. CHOUDHARYNCO · NCO1,8783.6%
  8. 8SHAMBHU CHANDRA BISHWASHIndependent · IND1,5453.0%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−15.8%
INC share
40.0% → 38.4%
BJS share
9.6% → 23.8%
Turnout
— → —
106. Kishanpur108. Tribeniganj
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