Constituency
214. Shahpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-SHAHPUR
INC 53.3%won by 20.5%SOP 32.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 20.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 16.6% to 53.3% of the vote here (+36.7%).
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.1% of the vote between them, up from 68.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
42,919
Margin
8,779
20.45%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SURAJ NATH CHOUBEYIndian National Congress · INC22,86853.3%
- 2RAMA NAND TIWARISOP · SOP14,08932.8%
- 3SARYU PRASAD UPADAAYAIndependent · IND4,94611.5%
- 4VINOD KUMAR CHOUDHARYSwatantra Party · SWA1,0162.4%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SOP swing
- +3.9%
- INC share
- 16.6% → 53.3%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 32.8%
- Turnout
- — → —