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Constituency

205. Patna East

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-PATNA-EAST

INC 32.0%won by 0.8%BJS 31.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 20.7% to 32.0% of the vote here (+11.3%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 63.2% of the vote between them, up from 55.6% — 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
51,361
Margin
407
0.79%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJS swing
+13.2%
INC share
20.7% 32.0%
BJS share
33.1% 31.2%
Turnout