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Constituency

258. Kodarma

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-KODARMA

INC 48.1%won by 20.4%SOP 27.7%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
48,155
Margin
9,833
20.42%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSOP swing
−5.8%
INC share
26.2% 48.1%
SOP share
0.0% 27.7%
Turnout