Constituency
197. Ekangar Sarai
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-EKANGAR-SARAI
BJS 53.1%won by 17.7%INC 35.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 17.7%.
- BJS vote shareBJS went from 18.6% to 53.1% of the vote here (+34.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.6% of the vote between them, up from 58.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
73,057
Margin
12,897
17.65%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJS- 1RAM SWAROOP PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS38,81853.1%
- 2LAL SINGH TYAGIIndian National Congress · INC25,92135.5%
- 3KRISHNA SINGHNCO · NCO3,2654.5%
- 4RAMJI PASWANIndependent · IND3,0784.2%
- 5DIVAKAR PRASAD VIDYARTHIIndependent · IND1,0141.4%
- 6AYODHTA CHOUHANBCP · BCP9611.3%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–INC swing
- +37.1%
- BJS share
- 18.6% → 53.1%
- INC share
- 38.0% → 35.5%
- Turnout
- — → —