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289. Chaibasa

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-CHAIBASA

JKP 52.9%won by 13.7%INC 39.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Jan Kalyan Party (JKP), which now leads by 13.7%.

  • JKP vote shareJKP went from 0.0% to 52.9% of the vote here (+52.9%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.1% of the vote between them, up from 77.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
30,869
Margin
4,218
13.66%

Candidates

8 contested · winner JKP
  1. 1BAGUN SUMBRUIJan Kalyan Party · JKP16,32352.9%
  2. 2MADHU SUDAN BODRAIndian National Congress · INC12,10539.2%
  3. 3KUTLU MURMUIndependent · IND8042.6%
  4. 4PURNA CHANDRA BIRUAIndependent · IND7632.5%
  5. 5PRATAP SINGH SUNDIBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD3271.1%
  6. 6SUREN TAMSOYJKD · JKD1980.6%
  7. 7SADHU SAMOMURMUIndependent · IND1830.6%
  8. 8SIKUR BARIIndependent · IND1660.5%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
JKPflipped
JKP–INC swing
+16.6%
JKP share
0.0% → 52.9%
INC share
2.9% → 39.2%
Turnout
— → —
288. Seraikella290. Majhgaon
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