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Constituency

111. Simri-Bakhtiarpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-SIMRI-BAKHTIARPUR

INC 60.2%won by 37.0%NCO 23.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 37.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 42.5% to 60.2% of the vote here (+17.7%).
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 23.3% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.5% between them, down from 95.5% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
70,876
Margin
26,199
36.96%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCNCO swing
−5.5%
INC share
42.5% 60.2%
NCO share
0.0% 23.3%
Turnout