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Constituency

165. Dhuraiya

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-DHURAIYA

CPI 50.1%won by 8.4%SOP 41.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 8.4%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 35.4% to 50.1% of the vote here (+14.7%).
  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 41.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.8% of the vote between them, up from 73.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
49,570
Margin
4,170
8.41%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPISOP swing
−27.0%
CPI share
35.4% 50.1%
SOP share
0.0% 41.7%
Turnout