Election
Constituency

245. Imamganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-IMAMGANJ

INC 50.9%won by 13.2%SOP 37.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 22.4% to 50.9% of the vote here (+28.5%).
  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 37.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.6% of the vote between them, up from 75.6% — 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
30,518
Margin
4,022
13.18%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSOP swing
−9.2%
INC share
22.4% 50.9%
SOP share
0.0% 37.7%
Turnout