Constituency
179. Kharagpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-KHARAGPUR
INC 41.3%won by 6.9%HSD 34.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 38.1% to 41.3% of the vote here (+3.2%).
- New challengerHindvi Swarajyay Dal (HSD) finished second with 34.4% — it did not contest here in 1969.
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
53,099
Margin
3,683
6.94%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,95641.3%
- 2TARINI PD. MANDALHindvi Swarajyay Dal · HSD18,27334.4%
- 3S. J. BAHADUR SINGHSOP · SOP12,05922.7%
- 4ANUP LAL MANDALIndependent · IND8111.5%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–HSD swing
- −31.2%
- INC share
- 38.1% → 41.3%
- HSD share
- 0.0% → 34.4%
- Turnout
- — → —