Constituency
117. Alamnagar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-ALAMNAGAR
INC 66.0%won by 32.1%CPM 34.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.6% to 32.1%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 34.0% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 70.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
67,273
Margin
21,571
32.06%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1VIDYAKAR KAVIIndian National Congress · INC44,42266.0%
- 2TARNI YADAVCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,85134.0%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −7.7%
- INC share
- 39.8% → 66.0%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 34.0%
- Turnout
- — → —