Constituency
268. Chauparan
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-CHAUPARAN
INC 45.4%won by 13.8%BJS 31.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jan Asra Party (JAP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 29.7% to 45.4% of the vote here (+15.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.1% of the vote between them, up from 61.2% — 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
32,810
Margin
4,539
13.83%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1NAND KISHORE SINGHIndian National Congress · INC14,91145.4%
- 2NIRANJAN PRASAD SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS10,37231.6%
- 3RAM LAKKHANRAM DANGISOP · SOP5,28116.1%
- 4PRASADI SINGHIndependent · IND2,2466.8%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- JAP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- −10.1%
- INC share
- 29.7% → 45.4%
- BJS share
- 5.8% → 31.6%
- Turnout
- — → —