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Constituency

147. Jamtara

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-JAMTARA

INC 39.6%won by 8.6%IND 31.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.2% to 8.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.6% between them, down from 78.3% — 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
35,479
Margin
3,049
8.59%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−33.0%
INC share
46.2% 39.6%
IND share
4.7% 31.0%
Turnout