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Constituency

173. Sheikhpura

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-SHEIKHPURA

CPI 49.4%won by 25.2%NCO 24.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.9% to 25.2%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 24.2% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.6% between them, down from 85.1% — 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
47,155
Margin
11,860
25.15%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1LOKNATH AZADCommunist Party of India · CPI23,28749.4%
  2. 2MOTILAL DASSNCO · NCO11,42724.2%
  3. 3JAMUNA CHOUDHURYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8,33417.7%
  4. 4SHYAM SUNDER TYAGIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,8073.8%
  5. 5AMERICA PASHWANSOP · SOP1,3392.8%
  6. 6LALKESHWAR DASSIndependent · IND5611.2%
  7. 7LEELAVATIIndependent · IND4000.8%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–NCO swing
−25.8%
CPI share
51.0% → 49.4%
NCO share
0.0% → 24.2%
Turnout
— → —
172. Sikandra174. Barbigha
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