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286. Jamshedpur West

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-JAMSHEDPUR-WEST

CPI 56.5%won by 37.9%NCO 18.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.4% to 37.9%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 18.6% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
39,386
Margin
14,938
37.93%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1RAMAVATAR SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI22,26056.5%
  2. 2DWARIKA PRASADNCO · NCO7,32218.6%
  3. 3G. H. SINHASOP · SOP4,57811.6%
  4. 4PURAN SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,8497.2%
  5. 5PAL SINGHILP · ILP1,7794.5%
  6. 6BUDHRAM DAUSENAIndependent · IND3120.8%
  7. 7M. R. MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND2860.7%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–NCO swing
−11.1%
CPI share
49.1% → 56.5%
NCO share
0.0% → 18.6%
Turnout
— → —
285. Jamshedpur East287. Jugsalai
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