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178. Tarapur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-TARAPUR

INC 34.7%won by 20.6%IND 14.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: SHD (SHD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 20.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 21.4% to 34.7% of the vote here (+13.3%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 14.0% — it polled just 1.4% in 1969.

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
60,869
Margin
12,551
20.62%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1TARNI PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,09634.7%
  2. 2RAM CHANDER PRASAD SAOIndependent · IND8,54514.0%
  3. 3JAIKISHORE PRASAD SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8,19813.5%
  4. 4BASUKI NATH ROYNCO · NCO7,82912.9%
  5. 5VIJOY N. PRASANTSOP · SOP7,41112.2%
  6. 6SIRAJUDDINCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,1266.8%
  7. 7RAM PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND3,4725.7%
  8. 8SINGHESHWAR PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1920.3%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SHD
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–IND swing
+0.7%
INC share
21.4% → 34.7%
IND share
1.4% → 14.0%
Turnout
— → —
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