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149. Madhupur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-MADHUPUR

BJS 32.4%won by 2.8%INC 29.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 2.8%.

  • BJS vote shareBJS went from 26.3% to 32.4% of the vote here (+6.1%).
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
41,789
Margin
1,165
2.79%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1AJIT KUMAR BANERJEEBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS13,54732.4%
  2. 2ANANT SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC12,38229.6%
  3. 3NUR ALAMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,20026.8%
  4. 4LOBA RAM HANSDAPHJ · PHJ2,6306.3%
  5. 5JWALA PRASAD RAINCO · NCO1,3333.2%
  6. 6ANIRUDRA SINGHSOP · SOP6971.7%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJSflipped
BJS–INC swing
+15.2%
BJS share
26.3% → 32.4%
INC share
38.8% → 29.6%
Turnout
— → —
148. Sarath150. Deoghar
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