Constituency
139. Rajmahal
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-RAJMAHAL
INC 62.2%won by 40.2%NCO 21.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 40.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 27.5% to 62.2% of the vote here (+34.6%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 21.9% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.1% of the vote between them, up from 59.5% — 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
48,341
Margin
19,452
40.24%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1NATHMAL DOKANIAIndian National Congress · INC30,04662.2%
- 2USUFNCO · NCO10,59421.9%
- 3OM PRAKASH ROYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,5587.4%
- 4BHAGIRATH PD. JAIDEOKAIndependent · IND1,5293.2%
- 5LAMBODAR MISHRAIndependent · IND1,0732.2%
- 6CHANDA SINGHIndependent · IND5551.1%
- 7LAKHI PRASAD AGRAWALIndependent · IND4991.0%
- 8SITARAM SINGHHindvi Swarajyay Dal · HSD4871.0%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–NCO swing
- +12.7%
- INC share
- 27.5% → 62.2%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 21.9%
- Turnout
- — → —