Election
Constituency

190. Bachhwara

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-BACHHWARA

INC 56.9%won by 32.6%SOP 24.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.9% to 32.6%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 24.3% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.1% of the vote between them, up from 59.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
69,803
Margin
22,768
32.62%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMDEO RAIIndian National Congress · INC39,70156.9%
  2. 2VAIDYA NATH PRASAD SINGHSOP · SOP16,93324.3%
  3. 3RAJ KUMAR RAICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM6,0788.7%
  4. 4TRIPTY NARAYAN CHAUDHRYNCO · NCO3,8155.5%
  5. 5VINDESHWARI CHAUDHRYIndependent · IND2,7133.9%
  6. 6VIJAY NATH JHASwatantra Party · SWA5630.8%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
+1.9%
INC share
30.7% → 56.9%
SOP share
0.0% → 24.3%
Turnout
— → —
189. Barauni191. Mokamah
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