Constituency
266. Barhi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-BARHI
INC 46.4%won by 7.8%BJS 38.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jan Asra Party (JAP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 21.9% to 46.4% of the vote here (+24.5%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.9% of the vote between them, up from 71.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
30,831
Margin
2,398
7.78%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAMESHWAR PRASAD MAHTHAIndian National Congress · INC14,29346.4%
- 2INDRA J. NARAIN SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS11,89538.6%
- 3PRAHLAD SINGHJKD · JKD3,49611.3%
- 4ALAUDIN ANSARISOP · SOP1,1473.7%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- JAP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +1.2%
- INC share
- 21.9% → 46.4%
- BJS share
- 15.3% → 38.6%
- Turnout
- — → —