Election
Constituency

138. Manihari

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-MANIHARI

SOP 37.2%won by 1.2%INC 36.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to SOP (SOP), which now leads by 1.2%.

  • SOP vote shareSOP went from 0.0% to 37.2% of the vote here (+37.2%).
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
44,823
Margin
526
1.17%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SOP
  1. 1YUVRAJSOP · SOP16,68437.2%
  2. 2PURNA NAND RAYIndian National Congress · INC16,15836.0%
  3. 3RAMESH CHANDRA MANDALNCO · NCO6,92515.4%
  4. 4BALDEO PRASAD MANDALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,5527.9%
  5. 5BASUDEO SINGHHindvi Swarajyay Dal · HSD1,5043.4%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
PSP
Winner now
SOPflipped
SOP–INC swing
+33.6%
SOP share
0.0% → 37.2%
INC share
32.4% → 36.0%
Turnout
— → —
137. Barari139. Rajmahal
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