Election
Constituency

231. Piro

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-PIRO

INC 32.8%won by 8.0%NCO 24.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 9.9% to 32.8% of the vote here (+22.9%).
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 24.8% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 57.6% of the vote between them, up from 42.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
56,035
Margin
4,473
7.98%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCNCO swing
−1.9%
INC share
9.9% 32.8%
NCO share
0.0% 24.8%
Turnout