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Constituency

139. Rajmahal

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-RAJMAHAL

INC 62.2%won by 40.2%NCO 21.9%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
48,341
Margin
19,452
40.24%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCNCO swing
+12.7%
INC share
27.5% 62.2%
NCO share
0.0% 21.9%
Turnout