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Constituency

200. Chandi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-CHANDI

INC 34.1%won by 7.1%BJS 27.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.0% to 7.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from LTC (LTC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 61.1% of the vote between them, up from 52.1% — 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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Valid votes
58,842
Margin
4,156
7.06%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM RAJ PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC20,04034.1%
  2. 2SHYAM SUNDAR PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS15,88427.0%
  3. 3SHRI KRISHNA PRASADNCO · NCO14,15724.1%
  4. 4JITENDRA PD. SINHAHindvi Swarajyay Dal · HSD4,1087.0%
  5. 5PANCHU PRASADSOP · SOP3,1715.4%
  6. 6JAGDISH PRASADBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD9271.6%
  7. 7RAJ BALAM PRASADBCP · BCP5550.9%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−11.5%
INC share
31.6% → 34.1%
BJS share
13.1% → 27.0%
Turnout
— → —
199. Islampur201. Milsa
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