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Constituency

150. Deoghar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-DEOGHAR

INC 59.3%won by 41.7%BJS 17.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.9% to 41.7%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.9% between them, down from 83.5% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
30,556
Margin
12,751
41.73%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
+14.8%
INC share
55.2% 59.3%
BJS share
28.3% 17.6%
Turnout