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Constituency

26. Mirganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-MIRGANJ

INC 41.4%won by 18.4%NCO 23.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.4% to 18.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 23.0% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.5% between them, down from 74.1% — 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
54,816
Margin
10,089
18.41%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCNCO swing
−30.3%
INC share
48.8% 41.4%
NCO share
0.0% 23.0%
Turnout