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185. Balia

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-BALIA

BJS 30.8%won by 7.5%INC 23.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 7.5%.

  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
63,660
Margin
4,803
7.54%

Candidates

10 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1CHANDRA CHOOR DEOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS19,63330.8%
  2. 2ASHFAQUE AHMAD RAHMANIIndian National Congress · INC14,83023.3%
  3. 3BRAJENDRA MARAYAN YADAVNCO · NCO11,61118.2%
  4. 4BENARSI PRASAD SINGHSOP · SOP9,58915.1%
  5. 5KAPIL DEO CHAURASIAIndependent · IND2,9284.6%
  6. 6RAM CHANDRA PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND2,4593.9%
  7. 7SATNARAYAN PRASADIndependent · IND9321.5%
  8. 8CHHEDI LALIndependent · IND8071.3%
  9. 9SHRI KRISHNA CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND4920.8%
  10. 10DIL MOHAN MITRAIndependent · IND3790.6%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJSflipped
BJS–INC swing
+8.0%
BJS share
28.0% → 30.8%
INC share
28.4% → 23.3%
Turnout
— → —
184. Khagaria186. Begusarai
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