Constituency
109. Chhatapur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-CHHATAPUR
INC 45.1%won by 0.3%SOP 44.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.3%.
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 44.8% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 163 votes (0.33%) — among the closest results anywhere.
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
49,444
Margin
163
0.33%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1KUMBH N. SARDARIndian National Congress · INC22,30945.1%
- 2MAHENSA N. SARDARSOP · SOP22,14644.8%
- 3JAGDISH PD. PASWANIndependent · IND1,9714.0%
- 4LAKSHMI NARAIN RAMNCO · NCO1,5713.2%
- 5ADHIK LAL PESWANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,4472.9%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SOP swing
- −43.3%
- INC share
- 43.6% → 45.1%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 44.8%
- Turnout
- — → —