Election
Constituency

211. Sandesh

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-SANDESH

BJS 51.2%won by 29.7%INC 21.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.8% to 29.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.8% of the vote between them, up from 63.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Jana Sangh won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
61,756
Margin
18,353
29.72%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1RAMJEE PRASAD SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS31,64151.2%
  2. 2JHAMAN PRASADIndian National Congress · INC13,28821.5%
  3. 3RAM SAKAL SINGHSOP · SOP9,67915.7%
  4. 4RAJ KISHORE PRASAD VERMANCO · NCO4,9097.9%
  5. 5BHARATJEE PANDEYSUC · SUC1,3972.3%
  6. 6ANAND MOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND8421.4%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
BJS
BJS–INC swing
+27.0%
BJS share
33.0% → 51.2%
INC share
30.2% → 21.5%
Turnout
— → —
210. Paliganj212. Arrah
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