Constituency
274. Chandankiyari
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-CHANDANKIYARI
INC 66.2%won by 46.2%JKD 19.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 46.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 23.8% to 66.2% of the vote here (+42.4%).
- New challengerJKD (JKD) finished second with 19.9% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.1% of the vote between them, up from 63.5% — 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
20,829
Margin
9,629
46.23%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1DURGA CHARAN DASIndian National Congress · INC13,78166.2%
- 2MADAN MOHAN DASJKD · JKD4,15219.9%
- 3ANANT LAL RAJBARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,7058.2%
- 4HIRA RAJWARIndependent · IND1,1915.7%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BKD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JKD swing
- +22.4%
- INC share
- 23.8% → 66.2%
- JKD share
- 0.0% → 19.9%
- Turnout
- — → —