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Constituency

132. Purnea

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-PURNEA

NCO 40.5%won by 6.9%IND 33.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to NCO (NCO), which now leads by 6.9%.

  • NCO vote shareNCO went from 0.0% to 40.5% of the vote here (+40.5%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 33.6% — 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
61,438
Margin
4,212
6.86%

Candidates

8 contested · winner NCO
  1. 1KAMALDEO N. SINHANCO · NCO24,88140.5%
  2. 2BADIUZZAMAIndependent · IND20,66933.6%
  3. 3AMAR NATH CHOUDHRYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,64115.7%
  4. 4KHEM CHAND SANCHETIIndependent · IND3,1155.1%
  5. 5DEO CHARAN PD. YADAVSOP · SOP1,4812.4%
  6. 6BHOLA PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND6081.0%
  7. 7KAMRUDIN SEIKHIndependent · IND6061.0%
  8. 8FAKRUDIN SEIKHIndependent · IND4370.7%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
NCOflipped
NCO–IND swing
+6.9%
NCO share
0.0% → 40.5%
IND share
0.0% → 33.6%
Turnout
— → —
131. Amaur133. Katihar
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