Election
Constituency

288. Seraikella

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-SERAIKELLA

INC 34.4%won by 0.8%JKP 33.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 2.0% to 34.4% of the vote here (+32.4%).
  • New challengerJan Kalyan Party (JKP) finished second with 33.6% — it did not contest here in 1969.

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
38,424
Margin
299
0.78%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHATBHANU SINGHDEOIndian National Congress · INC13,22834.4%
  2. 2BANBIHARI MAHTOJan Kalyan Party · JKP12,92933.6%
  3. 3PRASANNA KUMAR MURMUBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,21311.0%
  4. 4BINOD BIHARI RATHIndependent · IND2,2765.9%
  5. 5NITYANAND MAHTOFBL · FBL1,4123.7%
  6. 6DEBLAL PRADHANIndependent · IND1,1363.0%
  7. 7GAYA DUTTA MAHTOIndependent · IND8582.2%
  8. 8BHAGAT PRASAD MAJHIIndependent · IND7101.8%
  9. 9SADHU CHARAN KALUNDIAJKD · JKD6351.7%
  10. 10BANGLO MATHIIndependent · IND5321.4%
  11. 11JOYTINDRA NATH MAHANTSwatantra Party · SWA2890.8%
  12. 12BAURI BANDHU MATHOIndependent · IND2060.5%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–JKP swing
−1.3%
INC share
2.0% → 34.4%
JKP share
0.0% → 33.6%
Turnout
— → —
287. Jugsalai289. Chaibasa
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