Constituency
44. Garkha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-GARKHA
INC 66.7%won by 41.1%NCO 25.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.5% to 41.1%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 25.5% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
54,605
Margin
22,469
41.15%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RAGHUNANDAN MAJHIIndian National Congress · INC36,40766.7%
- 2BISHWA NATHN BHAGATNCO · NCO13,93825.5%
- 3SHIV PRASAD GUPTASOP · SOP1,8703.4%
- 4MAHANAND RAMIndependent · IND1,7303.2%
- 5NARAYAN CHAUDHARIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6601.2%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −16.2%
- INC share
- 57.4% → 66.7%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 25.5%
- Turnout
- — → —