Constituency
255. Rajauli
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-RAJAULI
INC 51.3%won by 19.2%BJS 32.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 19.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 33.2% to 51.3% of the vote here (+18.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.4% of the vote between them, up from 78.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
48,397
Margin
9,312
19.24%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1BANWARI RAMIndian National Congress · INC24,84251.3%
- 2BABU LALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS15,53032.1%
- 3SHANTY DEVINCO · NCO5,27710.9%
- 4SUKH DEO PRASADSOP · SOP2,4625.1%
- 5KAMESHWAR RABIDASIndependent · IND2860.6%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +30.9%
- INC share
- 33.2% → 51.3%
- BJS share
- 45.0% → 32.1%
- Turnout
- — → —