Constituency
315. Bhawanathpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-BHAWANATHPUR
INC 60.1%won by 29.6%SOP 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 29.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 4.9% to 60.1% of the vote here (+55.3%).
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 30.6% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
47,449
Margin
14,038
29.59%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SHANKER PRATAP DEOIndian National Congress · INC28,54060.1%
- 2LAL HEMENDRA DEHATISOP · SOP14,50230.6%
- 3VIJENDRA NATH SAHIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,0648.6%
- 4BAJKISHORE SINGHJan Kalyan Party · JKP3430.7%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SOP swing
- +24.7%
- INC share
- 4.9% → 60.1%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- — → —