Constituency
275. Topchanchi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-TOPCHANCHI
INC 61.2%won by 37.2%BJS 23.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jan Asra Party (JAP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 37.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 16.0% to 61.2% of the vote here (+45.2%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 23.9% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.1% of the vote between them, up from 73.6% — 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
44,172
Margin
16,442
37.22%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SHANKAR DAYAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC27,01761.2%
- 2PURNENDU NARAIN SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS10,57523.9%
- 3BARHAN DASIndependent · IND2,4725.6%
- 4JANKI PD. KEBATJKD · JKD1,5943.6%
- 5M. A. ZAFAR ANSARINCO · NCO1,4163.2%
- 6KAMESHWAR JHASOP · SOP1,0982.5%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- JAP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +21.2%
- INC share
- 16.0% → 61.2%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 23.9%
- Turnout
- — → —