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299. Silli

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-SILLI

INC 52.2%won by 37.9%CPM 14.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: SHD (SHD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 37.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 15.9% to 52.2% of the vote here (+36.3%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 14.3% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 66.5% of the vote between them, up from 42.3% — 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
26,039
Margin
9,878
37.94%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM RATAN RAMIndian National Congress · INC13,59652.2%
  2. 2LAKSHM KANT SWANSICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,71814.3%
  3. 3KANHAT RUHIDASSOP · SOP3,60413.8%
  4. 4BRINDAWAN SWANSIIndependent · IND2,3699.1%
  5. 5MAHESHWAR SWANSINCO · NCO1,3965.4%
  6. 6BIBHUTI RAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9333.6%
  7. 7RAKHAI SWANSIJKD · JKD4231.6%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SHD
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+22.0%
INC share
15.9% → 52.2%
CPM share
0.0% → 14.3%
Turnout
— → —
298. Khunti300. Khijri
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