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Constituency

128. Thakurganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-THAKURGANJ

INC 51.6%won by 29.2%BJS 22.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.9% to 29.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from LTC (LTC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.0% between them, down from 82.9% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
41,672
Margin
12,180
29.23%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−32.9%
INC share
64.4% 51.6%
BJS share
2.3% 22.4%
Turnout