Election
Constituency

215. Brahmpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-BRAHMPUR

INC 39.0%won by 5.5%NCO 33.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: LTC (LTC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 18.6% to 39.0% of the vote here (+20.4%).
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 33.5% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.5% of the vote between them, up from 46.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
56,508
Margin
3,112
5.51%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RISHI KESH TEWARYIndian National Congress · INC22,03739.0%
  2. 2SURYA NARAIN SHARMANCO · NCO18,92533.5%
  3. 3HARI NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND5,62910.0%
  4. 4SRINIVAS OJHASOP · SOP3,5356.3%
  5. 5MARKANDEY SINGHIndependent · IND3,4656.1%
  6. 6BABAN PATHAKBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,4582.6%
  7. 7DEO PARSHANNA SINGHIndependent · IND5801.0%
  8. 8LAL SAHAB SINGHIndependent · IND2940.5%
  9. 9JAGDISH PANDEYIndependent · IND2100.4%
  10. 10SUDARSHAN TEWARYSwatantra Party · SWA2000.4%
  11. 11SHEO NATH PANDEYIndependent · IND1750.3%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
LTC
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–NCO swing
−13.1%
INC share
18.6% → 39.0%
NCO share
0.0% → 33.5%
Turnout
— → —
214. Shahpur216. Dumraon
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