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153. Jama

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-JAMA

INC 31.6%won by 1.7%BJS 29.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.3% to 1.7%.

  • 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
21,930
Margin
375
1.71%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MAUAN BESRAIndian National Congress · INC6,93031.6%
  2. 2BATESHWAR HEMRUMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,55529.9%
  3. 3MUNSHI HASDAHJS · HJS3,73117.0%
  4. 4DEO NARAYAN TUDUPHJ · PHJ1,5397.0%
  5. 5PADAL MURMUNCO · NCO1,3946.4%
  6. 6BARKA TUDUJan Kalyan Party · JKP9604.4%
  7. 7MUNSHI BESRAIndependent · IND7233.3%
  8. 8SUSHIL SORENIndependent · IND980.4%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−1.5%
INC share
34.4% → 31.6%
BJS share
31.2% → 29.9%
Turnout
— → —
152. Dumka154. Poraiyahat
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