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Constituency

156. Mahagama

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-MAHAGAMA

BJS 46.7%won by 11.8%CPI 34.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 11.8%.

  • BJS vote shareBJS went from 18.3% to 46.7% of the vote here (+28.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.6% of the vote between them, up from 70.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
52,984
Margin
6,278
11.85%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
BJSflipped
BJSCPI swing
+30.7%
BJS share
18.3% 46.7%
CPI share
37.2% 34.9%
Turnout