Constituency
147. Jamtara
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-JAMTARA
INC 39.6%won by 8.6%IND 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
35,479
Margin
3,049
8.59%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1DURGA PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC14,04139.6%
- 2BABULAL MARANDIIndependent · IND10,99231.0%
- 3FAZALUR RAHAMANIndependent · IND7,23820.4%
- 4PARMESHWAR BASKYIndependent · IND1,6624.7%
- 5GIRZA NAND SINGHNCO · NCO6701.9%
- 6BISHWA NATH SEN GUPTABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6011.7%
- 7KRISHNA LAL GUPTAIndependent · IND2750.8%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −33.0%
- INC share
- 46.2% → 39.6%
- IND share
- 4.7% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- — → —