Election
Constituency

154. Poraiyahat

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-PORAIYAHAT

INC 41.9%won by 20.3%PHJ 21.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: PHJ (PHJ) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 20.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 15.1% to 41.9% of the vote here (+26.8%).
  • 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
35,485
Margin
7,213
20.33%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRITHWI CHAND KISKUIndian National Congress · INC14,86341.9%
  2. 2EDWARD MARANDIPHJ · PHJ7,65021.6%
  3. 3CHUNKA HEMRAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,03917.0%
  4. 4MARK KISKUIndependent · IND5,90916.7%
  5. 5PRASNA KUMAR SORENIndependent · IND4431.2%
  6. 6SURYAN MARANDIIndependent · IND3180.9%
  7. 7LAL MURMUJan Kalyan Party · JKP2630.7%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
PHJ
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–PHJ swing
+42.9%
INC share
15.1% → 41.9%
PHJ share
37.6% → 21.6%
Turnout
— → —
153. Jama155. Godda
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