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Constituency

118. Rupauli

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-RUPAULI

INC 29.8%won by 8.1%SOP 21.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.5% to 8.1%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 21.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.5% between them, down from 63.0% — the field split more ways.

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
48,795
Margin
3,945
8.08%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ANANDI PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC14,53729.8%
  2. 2KAMESHWAR DASSOP · SOP10,59221.7%
  3. 3CHABI NATH SHARMACommunist Party of India · CPI9,47819.4%
  4. 4NAKSHATRA MALAKARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM6,22612.8%
  5. 5SHALIGRAM SINGH TOMARNCO · NCO5,42011.1%
  6. 6RAM SAGAR AZADIndependent · IND1,8613.8%
  7. 7MANGI LAL YADUKASwatantra Party · SWA6811.4%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
−24.7%
INC share
32.8% → 29.8%
SOP share
0.0% → 21.7%
Turnout
— → —
117. Alamnagar119. Dhamdaha
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