Election
Constituency

143. Pakpura

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-PAKPURA

INC 36.6%won by 5.2%PHJ 31.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.8% to 5.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to PHJ (PHJ).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.1% between them, down from 86.8% — 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
35,389
Margin
1,831
5.17%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPHJ swing
−36.9%
INC share
44.8% 36.6%
PHJ share
2.7% 31.5%
Turnout