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218. Buxar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-BUXAR

INC 54.0%won by 19.3%NCO 34.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.4% to 19.3%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 34.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.7% of the vote between them, up from 65.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
52,607
Margin
10,175
19.34%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JAG NARAIN TRIVEDIIndian National Congress · INC28,42454.0%
  2. 2RAJA RAM ARYANCO · NCO18,24934.7%
  3. 3DUNIA PRASAD RAISOP · SOP2,4714.7%
  4. 4BIRENDRA PRASAD RAIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,8603.5%
  5. 5NET LAL SINGHIndependent · IND8301.6%
  6. 6JAGANNATH PRASAD KESRISwatantra Party · SWA7731.5%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−17.6%
INC share
37.0% → 54.0%
NCO share
0.0% → 34.7%
Turnout
— → —
217. Nawanagar219. Ramgarh
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