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133. Katihar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-KATIHAR

CPI 30.5%won by 8.6%IND 21.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: LTC (LTC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 8.6%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 17.6% to 30.5% of the vote here (+12.9%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 52.3% of the vote between them, up from 44.1% — 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
60,120
Margin
5,188
8.63%

Candidates

12 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1RAJKISHOR PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI18,31530.5%
  2. 2SATYA NARAYAN BISWASIndependent · IND13,12721.8%
  3. 3JAGDISH PRASAD MANDALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS10,94518.2%
  4. 4RAHA TULLAHIndependent · IND8,14113.5%
  5. 5WARISH HUSSAINCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,3623.9%
  6. 6UTAM LAL SHARMAIndependent · IND1,8553.1%
  7. 7SATYA NARAIN JHAIndependent · IND1,8033.0%
  8. 8BADAL CHOUDHARIRSM · RSM1,2112.0%
  9. 9MOHAN SINGHSOP · SOP9871.6%
  10. 10RANA RAGENDRA SINGHNCO · NCO7611.3%
  11. 11SUDAMA SHARAN SINGHIndependent · IND3080.5%
  12. 12RAM KUMAR DALMIYAIndependent · IND3050.5%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
LTC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–IND swing
−6.1%
CPI share
17.6% → 30.5%
IND share
2.8% → 21.8%
Turnout
— → —
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