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Constituency

10. Raxaul

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-RAXAUL

INC 38.1%won by 4.5%SOP 33.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.9% to 4.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 33.6% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.8% between them, down from 84.7% — 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
48,815
Margin
2,197
4.50%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSOP swing
−45.8%
INC share
50.3% 38.1%
SOP share
0.0% 33.6%
Turnout