Election
Constituency

8. Bettiah

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-BETTIAH

INC 34.0%won by 3.1%BJS 30.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.8% to 3.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.0% between them, down from 92.0% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
48,904
Margin
1,512
3.09%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−14.7%
INC share
54.9% 34.0%
BJS share
37.1% 30.9%
Turnout