Constituency
79. Jainagar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-JAINAGAR
INC 46.1%won by 2.7%SOP 43.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.6% to 2.7%.
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 43.4% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.6% of the vote between them, up from 69.6% — 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
43,424
Margin
1,186
2.73%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAMPHAL PASWANIndian National Congress · INC20,04046.1%
- 2RAMKARAN PASWANSOP · SOP18,85443.4%
- 3PARMESHWAR PASWANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,2107.4%
- 4RAMJEE PASWANNCO · NCO1,3203.0%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOP swing
- −45.3%
- INC share
- 48.1% → 46.1%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 43.4%
- Turnout
- — → —