1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election State election in India
1972 Bihar legislative assembly election|
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Majority party
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Minority party
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CPI
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| Leader
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Kedar Pandey
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Shrinath Mishra
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| Party
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INC(R)
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CPI
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| Seats won
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167
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35
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| Popular vote
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5,688,002
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1,192,746
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| Percentage
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33.12
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6.94
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Legislative Assembly elections were held in March 1972, to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly.[1] After the elections, the Congress emerged as the largest party, and Kedar Pandey was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar. Later, Abdul Gafoor become the Chief Minister, from 2 July 1973 to 11 April 1975, followed by Jagannath Mishra from 11 April 1975 to 30 April 1977.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Indian National Congress | 5,688,002 | 33.12 | 167 | | Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party | 2,814,799 | 16.39 | 33 | | Indian National Congress (O) | 2,544,841 | 14.82 | 30 | | Bharatiya Jan Sangh | 2,007,314 | 11.69 | 25 | | Communist Party of India | 1,192,746 | 6.94 | 35 | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 276,649 | 1.61 | – | | Hindustani Shoshit Dal | 219,341 | 1.28 | 3 | | Swatantra Party | 121,238 | 0.71 | 1 | | All India Jharkhand Party | 149,754 | 0.87 | 3 | | Jharkhand | 90,717 | 0.53 | 1 | | Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand | 90,234 | 0.53 | 2 | | Socialist Unity Centre of India | 47,732 | 0.28 | – | | Progressive Hull Jharkhand Party (Shibu Group) | 32,631 | 0.19 | 1 | | All India Forward Bloc | 20,525 | 0.12 | – | | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | 5,609 | 0.03 | – | | Indian Union Muslim League | 5,317 | 0.03 | – | | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 4,677 | 0.03 | – | | Backward Classes Party of India | 4,386 | 0.03 | – | | All India Labour Party | 3,859 | 0.02 | – | | Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) | 2,968 | 0.02 | – | | Chota Nagpur Bhumi Rakshak Party | 1,274 | 0.01 | – | | Republican Party of India | 907 | 0.01 | – | | Independent | 1,849,613 | 10.77 | 17 | | Total | 17,175,133 | 100.00 | 318 | | | Valid votes | 17,175,133 | 98.09 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 333,560 | 1.91 | |
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| Total votes | 17,508,693 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 33,164,286 | 52.79 | |
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| Source: [1] |
Elected members
References
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