Constituency
156. Mahagama
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-MAHAGAMA
BJS 46.7%won by 11.8%CPI 34.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 11.8%.
- BJS vote shareBJS went from 18.3% to 46.7% of the vote here (+28.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.6% of the vote between them, up from 70.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
52,984
Margin
6,278
11.85%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJS- 1AWADH BIHARI SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS24,76946.7%
- 2SAYEED AHMADCommunist Party of India · CPI18,49134.9%
- 3SACHINDA NAND YADAVSOP · SOP2,9965.7%
- 4JOHAN HANSDAKPHJ · PHJ2,0093.8%
- 5PURNA NAND SAHUIndependent · IND2,0043.8%
- 6DEVENDRA NATH THAKURNCO · NCO1,4672.8%
- 7BUDHI NATH SINGHJan Kalyan Party · JKP1,2482.4%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–CPI swing
- +30.7%
- BJS share
- 18.3% → 46.7%
- CPI share
- 37.2% → 34.9%
- Turnout
- — → —