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125. Araria

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-ARARIA

SOP 45.5%won by 15.0%INC 30.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to SOP (SOP), which now leads by 15.0%.

  • SOP vote shareSOP went from 0.0% to 45.5% of the vote here (+45.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.0% of the vote between them, up from 60.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
62,006
Margin
9,292
14.99%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SOP
  1. 1AZAMSOP · SOP28,20545.5%
  2. 2SHITAL PRASAD GUPTAIndian National Congress · INC18,91330.5%
  3. 3SATYANARAYAN YADAVBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS11,51018.6%
  4. 4DEEP CHAND BHAGATIndependent · IND2,7394.4%
  5. 5ABDUL RASHIDNCO · NCO6391.0%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
SOPflipped
SOP–INC swing
+48.0%
SOP share
0.0% → 45.5%
INC share
33.0% → 30.5%
Turnout
— → —
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