Constituency
279. Nirsa
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-NIRSA
CPI 25.5%won by 3.6%CPM 21.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.3% to 3.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 21.9% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 47.4% between them, down from 63.4% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
31,414
Margin
1,117
3.56%
Candidates
13 contested · winner CPI- 1NIRMALENDU BHATTACHARYACommunist Party of India · CPI8,00425.5%
- 2GOPI KANT BAKSHICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM6,88721.9%
- 3BRIJ MOHAN SHARMAIndependent · IND5,31716.9%
- 4CHAWDRA DIP YADAVHindvi Swarajyay Dal · HSD2,5488.1%
- 5CHURAMUN MAHATOJKD · JKD2,4187.7%
- 6KRIPA SHANKAR CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND1,5264.9%
- 7ABHAYA CHARAN TEWARYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,2744.1%
- 8BABAN LALSOP · SOP1,2664.0%
- 9SITARAM BHUIYAIndependent · IND5911.9%
- 10MAHTTAM PRASAD SINGHNCO · NCO5851.9%
- 11NANAL KISHORE PRASADIndependent · IND5541.8%
- 12BALESHWAR RAIFBL · FBL3561.1%
- 13PRITOSH CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND880.3%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–CPM swing
- −37.8%
- CPI share
- 41.4% → 25.5%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 21.9%
- Turnout
- — → —