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316. Leslieganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-LESLIEGANJ

INC 42.7%won by 15.7%SOP 26.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.0% to 15.7%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 26.9% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.6% of the vote between them, up from 45.3% — 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
45,157
Margin
7,104
15.73%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHISMA NARAYAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC19,26242.7%
  2. 2MOHAN SINGHSOP · SOP12,15826.9%
  3. 3HRISHIKESH SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,95417.6%
  4. 4JWALA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND2,0204.5%
  5. 5RAM BILAS SINGHJKD · JKD1,9404.3%
  6. 6ISHWARI PASWANNCO · NCO1,4683.3%
  7. 7JAGDISH SINGHJan Kalyan Party · JKP3550.8%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
−7.9%
INC share
23.6% → 42.7%
SOP share
0.0% → 26.9%
Turnout
— → —
315. Bhawanathpur317. Bishrampur
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