Constituency
314. Garhwa
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-GARHWA
INC 31.7%won by 1.4%SOP 30.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 13.5% to 31.7% of the vote here (+18.2%).
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 30.3% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.0% between them, down from 78.1% — the field split more ways.
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
37,146
Margin
523
1.41%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1AWADH KISHORE TIWARIIndian National Congress · INC11,76831.7%
- 2VINOD NARAIN DIXITSOP · SOP11,24530.3%
- 3GOPINATH SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS10,86329.2%
- 4BHUNSHWAR CHAUBEYNCO · NCO1,9975.4%
- 5MOTI CHANDIndependent · IND6391.7%
- 6PARSAN KUMAR DUBEYJan Kalyan Party · JKP6341.7%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SOP swing
- −12.1%
- INC share
- 13.5% → 31.7%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 30.3%
- Turnout
- — → —