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Topchanchi

Name: Topchanchi
Address: IN

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election 1972

90,204

Electors

44,172

Votes polled

48.97%

Turnout

16,442

Margin

Winner

Shankar Dayal Singh

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Shankar Dayal Singh Won Male	INC	27,017	61.16%
2	Purnendu Narain Singh Male	BJS	10,575	23.94%
3	Barhan Das Male	IND	2,472	5.60%
4	Janki Pd. Kebat Male	JKD	1,594	3.61%
5	M. A. Zafar Ansari Male	NCO	1,416	3.21%
6	Kameshwar Jha Male	SOP	1,098	2.49%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
1972	Shankar Dayal Singh Male INC	61.16%	Purnendu Narain Singh Male BJS	23.94%
1969	Purnendu Narain Singh Male JAP	37.58%	P . N . Sur Male BKD	36.06%
1967	P. N. Singh IND	56.15%	S. D. Singh Male INC	27.82%
1962	Purnendu Narayan Singh Male SWA	55.71%	Manorma Sinha Female INC	27.29%
1957	Manorama Sinha Female INC	25.95%	Ram Lal Chamar (SC) Male INC	22.81%
1951	Purnendu Narain Singh Male CNSPJP	53.24%	Choudhary Bakuntha Nath Male INC	39.47%