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163. Sultanganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-SULTANGANJ

INC 39.6%won by 6.8%NCO 32.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.1% to 6.8%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.4% of the vote between them, up from 66.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
61,044
Margin
4,162
6.82%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM RAKSHA PD. YADAVIndian National Congress · INC24,17039.6%
  2. 2JAGESHWAR MANDALNCO · NCO20,00832.8%
  3. 3BANARSI PD. SHARMASOP · SOP13,43122.0%
  4. 4MAHRAJ PD. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,8864.7%
  5. 5GOVIND MANDALSwatantra Party · SWA5490.9%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−26.9%
INC share
33.7% → 39.6%
NCO share
0.0% → 32.8%
Turnout
— → —
162. Bimpur164. Amarpur
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