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129. Kishanganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-KISHANGANJ

INC 60.2%won by 48.4%BJS 11.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.8% to 48.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
44,745
Margin
21,659
48.41%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAFIQUE ALAMIndian National Congress · INC26,92160.2%
  2. 2LAKSHMI KANT TRIPATHIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,26211.8%
  3. 3ZAKIRALI IRAQUISwatantra Party · SWA4,1129.2%
  4. 4SUSHILA KAPOORSOP · SOP3,6698.2%
  5. 5ABDUS SAKOORIndependent · IND2,7586.2%
  6. 6ATHAR HASENNCO · NCO1,8204.1%
  7. 7ABDUL SALAMIndependent · IND2030.5%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+14.3%
INC share
48.1% → 60.2%
BJS share
14.0% → 11.8%
Turnout
— → —
128. Thakurganj130. Jokihat
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