Constituency
142. Litipara
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-LITIPARA
PHJ 60.3%won by 45.7%CPI 14.6%
What changed here
DerivedPHJ held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.4% to 45.7%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.9% of the vote between them, up from 54.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
27,579
Margin
12,595
45.67%
Candidates
10 contested · winner PHJ- 1SOM MURMUPHJ · PHJ16,62260.3%
- 2KALIDAS MARANDLCommunist Party of India · CPI4,02714.6%
- 3JOSEPH MURMUIndian National Congress · INC2,3258.4%
- 4MANGAL PAHARIYABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,9647.1%
- 5NICHOLAS TUDUIndependent · IND1,2294.5%
- 6SOBNA DEHRIIndependent · IND5382.0%
- 7RAM CHARAN KISKUJan Kalyan Party · JKP2911.1%
- 8SUKHU HANSDAIndependent · IND2360.9%
- 9SIBAN MURMUHJS · HJS1750.6%
- 10HOPNA TUDUNCO · NCO1720.6%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- PHJ
- Winner now
- PHJ
- PHJ–CPI swing
- +30.5%
- PHJ share
- 33.8% → 60.3%
- CPI share
- 18.6% → 14.6%
- Turnout
- — → —