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235. Makhdumpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-MAKHDUMPUR

INC 45.4%won by 7.4%NCO 37.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.6% to 7.4%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 37.9% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.3% of the vote between them, up from 46.5% — 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
46,235
Margin
3,425
7.41%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM SAWROOP RAMIndian National Congress · INC20,97145.4%
  2. 2MAHABIR CHOODHRYNCO · NCO17,54637.9%
  3. 3JOHAN RAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,9546.4%
  4. 4JAGANANDAN DASSOP · SOP2,4735.3%
  5. 5RAM NARAIN AZADHindvi Swarajyay Dal · HSD2,2915.0%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−21.7%
INC share
29.1% → 45.4%
NCO share
0.0% → 37.9%
Turnout
— → —
234. Kurtha236. Jehanabad
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