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42. Jalalpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-JALALPUR

INC 50.8%won by 32.9%NCO 17.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.3% to 32.9%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 17.9% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.7% of the vote between them, up from 60.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
61,734
Margin
20,293
32.87%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KUMAR KALIKA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC31,35550.8%
  2. 2BAMESHWAR SINGHNCO · NCO11,06217.9%
  3. 3HIRA LAL ROYIndependent · IND7,56712.3%
  4. 4KAMLA SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,03011.4%
  5. 5DR. RAMJANSOP · SOP4,2816.9%
  6. 6RAM EKBAL SINGHIndependent · IND4390.7%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−7.8%
INC share
40.6% → 50.8%
NCO share
0.0% → 17.9%
Turnout
— → —
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