Constituency
32. Maharajganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-MAHARAJGANJ
INC 50.1%won by 5.2%NCO 44.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 18.8% to 50.1% of the vote here (+31.3%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 44.9% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.1% of the vote between them, up from 85.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
71,061
Margin
3,690
5.19%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1ANUSUYA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC35,62650.1%
- 2TARKESHWARI SINHANCO · NCO31,93644.9%
- 3JITENDRA YADAVSOP · SOP3,0184.2%
- 4RAW PUJAU SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4810.7%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BKD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–NCO swing
- −13.6%
- INC share
- 18.8% → 50.1%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 44.9%
- Turnout
- — → —