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157. Pirpainti

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-PIRPAINTI

CPI 49.8%won by 30.3%BJS 19.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.0% to 30.3%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.3% between them, down from 77.3% — the field split more ways.

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
50,350
Margin
15,259
30.31%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1AMVIKA PRAASADCommunist Party of India · CPI25,06749.8%
  2. 2AM. HARAIN SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,80819.5%
  3. 3VISHWA NATH BHAGATCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM6,88013.7%
  4. 4RAM JANAM MAHTONCO · NCO6,60313.1%
  5. 5KESAVA CHANDRA ROYSOP · SOP1,9924.0%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–BJS swing
−2.2%
CPI share
42.2% → 49.8%
BJS share
9.6% → 19.5%
Turnout
— → —
156. Mahagama158. Colgong
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