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160. Bhagalpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-BHAGALPUR

BJS 53.6%won by 23.9%INC 29.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.1% to 23.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.2% of the vote between them, up from 73.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 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
50,886
Margin
12,175
23.93%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1VIJOY KUMAR MITRABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS27,26453.6%
  2. 2HARENDRA PRASAD JHAIndian National Congress · INC15,08929.7%
  3. 3M. KAMAL UDDINSOP · SOP3,9757.8%
  4. 4SAHDEO JHANCO · NCO2,2334.4%
  5. 5SUBODH PRASAD RAAAICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,4652.9%
  6. 6RAM PRASAD SAHIndependent · IND6521.3%
  7. 7NAGARMAL BAJORIASwatantra Party · SWA2080.4%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
BJS
BJS–INC swing
−1.2%
BJS share
49.3% → 53.6%
INC share
24.1% → 29.7%
Turnout
— → —
159. Nathnagar161. Gopalpur
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