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229. Bikramganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-BIKRAMGANJ

CPI 29.0%won by 7.8%SOP 21.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.4% to 7.8%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 21.2% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Multi-cornered5 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
55,767
Margin
4,374
7.84%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1SANT PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI16,20029.0%
  2. 2BRAJ BEHARI CHAUDHARYSOP · SOP11,82621.2%
  3. 3RAMRAKSHNA SINGHNCO · NCO10,92319.6%
  4. 4MEGHRAJ MEDHAVIHindvi Swarajyay Dal · HSD8,41715.1%
  5. 5DHARAM PRASAD CHAUDHARYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,6238.3%
  6. 6MANGAL PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,4714.4%
  7. 7CHITRANJAN PRASADIndependent · IND7531.4%
  8. 8SATYA NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND3020.5%
  9. 9CHANDRADEEP S. CHAUDHRYIndependent · IND2520.5%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–SOP swing
−22.9%
CPI share
30.7% → 29.0%
SOP share
0.0% → 21.2%
Turnout
— → —
228. Dinara230. Jagdishpur
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