Constituency
237. Ghosi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-GHOSI
CPI 58.1%won by 26.3%BJS 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 26.3%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 42.2% to 58.1% of the vote here (+15.9%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 31.8% — it polled just 0.5% in 1969.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
72,158
Margin
18,946
26.26%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPI- 1RAMASHRAYA PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI41,90458.1%
- 2BALESHWAR SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS22,95831.8%
- 3LALNARAIN SINGHNCO · NCO5,7147.9%
- 4KEDARNATH VERMASOP · SOP9341.3%
- 5SAKALDEO PRASADIndependent · IND6480.9%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–BJS swing
- −15.5%
- CPI share
- 42.2% → 58.1%
- BJS share
- 0.5% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —