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170. Jhajha

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-JHAJHA

SOP 42.2%won by 16.9%NCO 25.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to SOP (SOP), which now leads by 16.9%.

  • SOP vote shareSOP went from 0.0% to 42.2% of the vote here (+42.2%).
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 25.2% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.4% between them, down from 85.7% — 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
55,587
Margin
9,417
16.94%

Candidates

6 contested · winner SOP
  1. 1SHIVA NANDAN JHASOP · SOP23,44942.2%
  2. 2NIRAJAN KUMAR SINGHNCO · NCO14,03225.2%
  3. 3SALAUDDEN KHANIndian National Congress · INC9,99518.0%
  4. 4GANESH RAWATBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,1719.3%
  5. 5UMAKANT JHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,0553.7%
  6. 6KAILASH YADAVIndependent · IND8851.6%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
SOPflipped
SOP–NCO swing
+16.9%
SOP share
0.0% → 42.2%
NCO share
0.0% → 25.2%
Turnout
— → —
169. Chakai171. Jamui
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