Election
Constituency

158. Colgong

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-COLGONG

INC 46.3%won by 24.9%BJS 21.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.1% to 24.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.8% between them, down from 77.6% — the field split more ways.

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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Valid votes
56,718
Margin
14,103
24.87%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SADANAND SINGHIndian National Congress · INC26,28846.3%
  2. 2YUDHISTIR MANDALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS12,18521.5%
  3. 3ABDUL RAHMANIndependent · IND7,15612.6%
  4. 4DEONANDAN SINGHSOP · SOP7,11612.5%
  5. 5GIRISH SINGHNCO · NCO3,5456.3%
  6. 6ARBIND NATH SINHASwatantra Party · SWA4280.8%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−7.2%
INC share
40.3% → 46.3%
BJS share
8.2% → 21.5%
Turnout
— → —
157. Pirpainti159. Nathnagar
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