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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

318 seats · 215 changed party since 1969

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Party standings

Bihar Assembly Election, 1972 · 12 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 167 seatsCommunist Party of India — 35 seatsSOP — 33 seatsNCO — 30 seatsBharatiya Jana Sangh — 25 seatsIndependent — 17 seatsHindvi Swarajyay Dal — 3 seats5 other parties — 8 seats160318of 318 seats
  • INC167
  • CPI35
  • SOP33
  • NCO30
  • BJS25
  • IND17
  • HSD3
  • Others8

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress16753%56,88,00233.1%259
CPICommunist Party of India3511%11,92,7466.9%55
SOPSOP3310%28,14,79916.4%256
NCONCO309%25,44,84114.8%272
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh258%20,07,31411.7%270
INDIndependent175%18,49,61310.8%579
HSDHindvi Swarajyay Dal31%2,19,3411.3%32
JKPJan Kalyan Party31%1,49,7540.9%45
PHJPHJ21%90,2340.5%15
SWASwatantra Party10%1,21,2380.7%49
JKDJKD10%90,7170.5%42
HJSHJS10%32,6310.2%6
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)00%2,76,6491.6%51

+ 10 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Bihar Assembly Election, 1972 · winner by seat

243 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 160

1972 · selected
Majority 160
INC167CPI35SOP33NCO30BJS25IND17HSD3JKP3PHJ2SWA1+2 more · 2 seats
1969 · previous
Majority 160

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1969 → 1972

1969 1972· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
30.5
33.1
10.1
6.9
0.0
16.4
0.0
14.8
15.6
11.7
8.3
10.8
13.7
0.0
INCCPISOPNCOBJSINDSSP

Seat change

1972 seats minus 1969 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
118 → 167
+49
CPI
25 → 35
+10
SOP
0 → 33
+33
NCO
0 → 30
+30
BJS
34 → 25
−9
IND
24 → 17
−7
HSD
0 → 3
+3
JKP
0 → 3
+3
PHJ
5 → 2
−3
SWA
3 → 1
−2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1969 → 1972

share lostshare gained
SOP
0.0% → 16.4%
+16.4%
NCO
0.0% → 14.8%
+14.8%
INC
30.5% → 33.1%
+2.7%
IND
8.3% → 10.8%
+2.5%
HSD
0.0% → 1.3%
+1.3%
JKP
0.0% → 0.9%
+0.9%
JKD
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
CPM
1.2% → 1.6%
+0.4%
BKD
2.0% → 0.0%
−2.0%
CPI
10.1% → 6.9%
−3.2%

Biggest INC–CPI swings

Seats where the INC-vs-CPI vote gap moved most, 1969 → 1972. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − CPI share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward CPI.

toward CPItoward INC
Bakhri
−89.2%
Sonabarsa
−76.5%
Patepur
−76.4%
Sonabarsa
−75.1%
Ghosi
−64.7%
Dumri
+62.1%
Ranchi
+61.3%
Singhia
−60.9%
Jhanjharpur
+60.1%
Patna South
+59.3%
Jharia
−57.6%
Daltonganj
−57.4%

Closest races · 1972

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1972

318 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1969