Constituency
164. Amarpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-AMARPUR
BJS 36.5%won by 5.0%INC 31.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 5.0%.
- BJS vote shareBJS went from 26.1% to 36.5% of the vote here (+10.4%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.0% of the vote between them, up from 52.4% — 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
64,949
Margin
3,216
4.95%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJS- 1JANAR DAN YADAVBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS23,68036.5%
- 2BALRAM RAIIndian National Congress · INC20,46431.5%
- 3PASHUPATI SINGHNCO · NCO8,57113.2%
- 4SUKH NARAIN SINGHSOP · SOP7,30211.2%
- 5SHYAM NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND4,9327.6%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–INC swing
- +2.1%
- BJS share
- 26.1% → 36.5%
- INC share
- 23.3% → 31.5%
- Turnout
- — → —