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Constituency

262. Giridih

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-GIRIDIH

CPI 47.4%won by 16.5%BJS 30.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.3% to 16.5%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.2% of the vote between them, up from 69.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
41,670
Margin
6,894
16.54%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1CHATURANAN MISHRACommunist Party of India · CPI19,73447.4%
  2. 2BHAGAT SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS12,84030.8%
  3. 3RAGHUNANDAN RAMNCO · NCO5,47413.1%
  4. 4SARJU PANDEYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,4373.4%
  5. 5NONI HANSDAPHJ · PHJ1,2663.0%
  6. 6SHANKAR LAL RUNGTAIndependent · IND9192.2%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–BJS swing
−7.8%
CPI share
46.9% → 47.4%
BJS share
22.6% → 30.8%
Turnout
— → —
261. Jamua263. Dumri
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