Constituency
128. Thakurganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-THAKURGANJ
INC 51.6%won by 29.2%BJS 22.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
41,672
Margin
12,180
29.23%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1MOHAMMED HUSSAIN AZADIndian National Congress · INC21,51951.6%
- 2TARACHAND AGARWALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,33922.4%
- 3MOHAMMED SULEMANIndependent · IND6,80116.3%
- 4ASRARUL HAQUESOP · SOP4,0139.6%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −32.9%
- INC share
- 64.4% → 51.6%
- BJS share
- 2.3% → 22.4%
- Turnout
- — → —