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206. Patna West

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-PATNA-WEST

CPI 45.3%won by 5.2%BJS 40.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.1% to 5.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.4% of the vote between them, up from 59.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 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
65,259
Margin
3,375
5.17%

Candidates

10 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1SUNIL MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India · CPI29,53745.3%
  2. 2SHAILENDRA N. SHRIVASTAVABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS26,16240.1%
  3. 3INDRA KUMARSOP · SOP4,5156.9%
  4. 4HARI KRISHNACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,1563.3%
  5. 5RAM NANDAN RAIIndependent · IND1,3392.1%
  6. 6ATMADEO SINGHNCO · NCO6170.9%
  7. 7ARJUN PRASAD VIDHYARTHIIndependent · IND3790.6%
  8. 8RAMUND BAHADUR PURIBCP · BCP2040.3%
  9. 9KAPILDEO SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA1900.3%
  10. 10BANARAS SINGHIndependent · IND1600.2%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–BJS swing
+2.1%
CPI share
31.2% → 45.3%
BJS share
28.1% → 40.1%
Turnout
— → —
205. Patna East207. Danapur
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