Election
Constituency

166. Banka

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-BANKA

INC 46.3%won by 18.3%NCO 28.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.7% to 18.3%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Multi-cornered4 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
45,683
Margin
8,373
18.33%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1THAKUR KAMAKHYA PD. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,17246.3%
  2. 2BRAJ MOHAN SINGHNCO · NCO12,79928.0%
  3. 3VIRESHWAR PRASAD SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,76514.8%
  4. 4RAM LAKHAN YADAVSOP · SOP4,0068.8%
  5. 5JUDUMBA MANDALSwatantra Party · SWA9412.1%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−29.4%
INC share
47.7% → 46.3%
NCO share
0.0% → 28.0%
Turnout
— → —
165. Dhuraiya167. Belhar
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