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Constituency

137. Barari

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-BARARI

INC 44.9%won by 12.5%SOP 32.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 20.0% to 44.9% of the vote here (+24.9%).
  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 32.4% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.3% of the vote between them, up from 50.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
48,708
Margin
6,078
12.48%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSOP swing
−7.5%
INC share
20.0% 44.9%
SOP share
0.0% 32.4%
Turnout