Constituency
281. Jharia
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-JHARIA
CPI 34.6%won by 15.8%BJS 18.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 15.8%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 34.6% of the vote here (+34.6%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
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
44,274
Margin
7,009
15.83%
Candidates
11 contested · winner CPI- 1SHEO KUMAR RAICommunist Party of India · CPI15,31034.6%
- 2RAMDEO SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8,30118.7%
- 3HIT NARAIN SINGHSOP · SOP6,78915.3%
- 4HEM CHANDRA CHAKRAVERTYSUC · SUC5,05411.4%
- 5RAMDHANI SINGHNCO · NCO2,9836.7%
- 6LALA B. P. SINHAIndependent · IND2,3885.4%
- 7SURJAN RAMIndependent · IND1,5323.5%
- 8BAL GOVIND SINGHIndependent · IND9092.1%
- 9LAKHI RAM MANJHIIndependent · IND4641.0%
- 10BABU LAL SULTANIAIndependent · IND3130.7%
- 11ABDUL HALIM KHANIndependent · IND2310.5%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BKD
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–BJS swing
- +28.8%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 34.6%
- BJS share
- 13.0% → 18.7%
- Turnout
- — → —