Election
Constituency

34. Goreakothi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-GOREAKOTHI

INC 56.0%won by 12.0%NCO 44.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: LTC (LTC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 40.2% to 56.0% of the vote here (+15.8%).
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 44.0% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
69,112
Margin
8,280
11.98%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MAHAMAYA PRASADIndian National Congress · INC38,69656.0%
  2. 2KRISHNA KANT SINGHNCO · NCO30,41644.0%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
LTC
Winner now
INCflipped
INCNCO swing
−28.2%
INC share
40.2% 56.0%
NCO share
0.0% 44.0%
Turnout