Constituency
112. Mahishi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-MAHISHI
INC 49.4%won by 6.0%SOP 43.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.9% to 6.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 43.4% — it did not contest here in 1969.
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
67,688
Margin
4,089
6.04%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1LAHTAN CHADHARYIndian National Congress · INC33,46749.4%
- 2PARMESHWAR KUMARSOP · SOP29,37843.4%
- 3BHAWESH MISHRANCO · NCO4,8437.2%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOP swing
- −52.9%
- INC share
- 59.0% → 49.4%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 43.4%
- Turnout
- — → —