Constituency
180. Monghyr
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-MONGHYR
INC 36.5%won by 14.7%IND 21.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 25.3% to 36.5% of the vote here (+11.2%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 21.8% — it polled just 0.2% 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
71,698
Margin
10,561
14.73%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1PRAFULLA KUMAR MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC26,16836.5%
- 2PRATAPNARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND15,60721.8%
- 3RAM, DEO SINGHIndependent · IND14,84620.7%
- 4RAVISH CHANDRA VERMABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,55013.3%
- 5SHAH MUSTAQUE AHMEDSOP · SOP4,8536.8%
- 6MANOHAR PRASADIndependent · IND4530.6%
- 7KAPILDEO CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND2210.3%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −10.4%
- INC share
- 25.3% → 36.5%
- IND share
- 0.2% → 21.8%
- Turnout
- — → —