Constituency
221. Chainpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-CHAINPUR
BJS 37.4%won by 17.5%NCO 19.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 17.5%.
- BJS vote shareBJS went from 20.9% to 37.4% of the vote here (+16.5%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 19.9% — it did not contest here in 1969.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
52,530
Margin
9,169
17.45%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJS- 1LAL MUNI CHAUBEYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS19,64237.4%
- 2DINA NATH SINGHNCO · NCO10,47319.9%
- 3BADRI SINGHIndependent · IND9,50818.1%
- 4HARIDWAR PRASADHindvi Swarajyay Dal · HSD5,61110.7%
- 5RAJ NARAIN HARIJANIndependent · IND2,0403.9%
- 6BACHANI PANDEYSOP · SOP1,5422.9%
- 7RAM KRISHNA CHARAMIndependent · IND1,2892.5%
- 8RAM NAGINA GONDJan Kalyan Party · JKP1,2452.4%
- 9KALLU PRASAD GUPTAIndependent · IND6261.2%
- 10PARSHU RAM SINGHIndependent · IND5541.1%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–NCO swing
- −3.4%
- BJS share
- 20.9% → 37.4%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 19.9%
- Turnout
- — → —