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Constituency

159. Nathnagar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-NATHNAGAR

INC 40.3%won by 19.4%NCO 21.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 19.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 30.8% to 40.3% of the vote here (+9.5%).
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 21.0% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.3% between them, down from 70.4% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
56,761
Margin
11,001
19.38%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCNCO swing
−11.4%
INC share
30.8% 40.3%
NCO share
0.0% 21.0%
Turnout