Constituency
172. Sikandra
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-SIKANDRA
INC 49.0%won by 1.4%NCO 47.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.8% to 1.4%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 47.6% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.6% of the vote between them, up from 81.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
74,471
Margin
1,012
1.36%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RAMESWAR PASWANIndian National Congress · INC36,48549.0%
- 2NAGINACHAUDHARYNCO · NCO35,47347.6%
- 3VASUDEO PASWANIndependent · IND1,5332.1%
- 4KALASHKISHORRAVAKSOP · SOP5050.7%
- 5THAMAN RAJAKIndependent · IND4750.6%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −43.7%
- INC share
- 45.1% → 49.0%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 47.6%
- Turnout
- — → —