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152. Dumka

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-DUMKA

INC 35.3%won by 10.3%HJS 25.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.6% to 10.3%.

  • New challengerHJS (HJS) finished second with 25.0% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
29,594
Margin
3,042
10.28%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PAIKA MURMUIndian National Congress · INC10,44735.3%
  2. 2SHIBU MURMUHJS · HJS7,40525.0%
  3. 3MASHI CHARAN HASDAIndependent · IND7,25624.5%
  4. 4RAMESHWAR TUDUBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,3878.1%
  5. 5HEMANT HEMRUMPHJ · PHJ1,1033.7%
  6. 6NANDU BASKIJan Kalyan Party · JKP8032.7%
  7. 7TIKU SORENSOP · SOP1930.7%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–HJS swing
−27.3%
INC share
37.5% → 35.3%
HJS share
0.0% → 25.0%
Turnout
— → —
151. Jarmundi153. Jama
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