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54. Lalganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-LALGANJ

INC 49.5%won by 22.4%NCO 27.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: LTC (LTC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 22.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 22.9% to 49.5% of the vote here (+26.6%).
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 27.1% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.6% of the vote between them, up from 69.7% — 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
78,573
Margin
17,619
22.42%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DIPNARAIN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC38,90049.5%
  2. 2PRAMOD NARAIN SINGHNCO · NCO21,28127.1%
  3. 3AMIR SINGHSOP · SOP17,29122.0%
  4. 4RAM ISWAR MAHTOIndependent · IND6330.8%
  5. 5BALESHWAR PANDEYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4680.6%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
LTC
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–NCO swing
−0.5%
INC share
22.9% → 49.5%
NCO share
0.0% → 27.1%
Turnout
— → —
53. Vaishali55. Paru
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