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Constituency

151. Jarmundi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-JARMUNDI

INC 40.0%won by 7.9%SOP 32.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.9% to 7.9%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 32.1% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Multi-cornered5 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
35,403
Margin
2,798
7.90%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SRIKANT JHAIndian National Congress · INC14,16240.0%
  2. 2DIPNATH RAISOP · SOP11,36432.1%
  3. 3SURYADEO MURMUPHJ · PHJ3,4149.6%
  4. 4ANAND GOPAL MANDALNCO · NCO2,8057.9%
  5. 5RADHESHYAM MISHRAIndependent · IND2,1526.1%
  6. 6NAGDI PRASAD RAIIndependent · IND1,5064.3%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
−27.9%
INC share
35.8% → 40.0%
SOP share
0.0% → 32.1%
Turnout
— → —
150. Deoghar152. Dumka
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