Constituency
167. Belhar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-BELHAR
INC 35.7%won by 12.2%SOP 23.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 19.7% to 35.7% of the vote here (+16.0%).
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 23.5% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 59.2% of the vote between them, up from 45.0% — 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
41,493
Margin
5,065
12.21%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SHAKUNTALA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC14,82235.7%
- 2CHATURBHUS PRASAD SINGHSOP · SOP9,75723.5%
- 3MAHADEO MAHTONCO · NCO8,36020.1%
- 4HARGOURI TEWARIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,56011.0%
- 5NANDKISHORE SINGHIndependent · IND2,2695.5%
- 6RADHE SHYAMRAISwatantra Party · SWA1,7254.2%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SOP swing
- −7.5%
- INC share
- 19.7% → 35.7%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 23.5%
- Turnout
- — → —