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Constituency

244. Rafiganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-RAFIGANJ

INC 49.7%won by 27.3%BJS 22.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 27.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 28.9% to 49.7% of the vote here (+20.8%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.1% of the vote between them, up from 61.4% — 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
37,015
Margin
10,087
27.25%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJS swing
+30.9%
INC share
28.9% 49.7%
BJS share
32.5% 22.4%
Turnout