Constituency
258. Kodarma
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-KODARMA
INC 48.1%won by 20.4%SOP 27.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 20.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 26.2% to 48.1% of the vote here (+21.9%).
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 27.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.8% of the vote between them, up from 66.9% — 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
48,155
Margin
9,833
20.42%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAJENDRANATH DANIndian National Congress · INC23,16748.1%
- 2VISHWA NATH MODISOP · SOP13,33427.7%
- 3SUKHDEO YADAVBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS10,11421.0%
- 4KEDAR NATH SAHAYNCO · NCO1,5403.2%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SOP swing
- −5.8%
- INC share
- 26.2% → 48.1%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 27.7%
- Turnout
- — → —