Constituency
254. Nawada
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-NAWADA
INC 41.7%won by 4.9%NCO 36.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 23.7% to 41.7% of the vote here (+17.9%).
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 36.8% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.5% of the vote between them, up from 61.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
79,470
Margin
3,876
4.88%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1GAYATRI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC33,12341.7%
- 2BINDESHWARI SINGHNCO · NCO29,24736.8%
- 3GAURI SHANKER KESARIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS12,58215.8%
- 4SURENDRA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND4,5185.7%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–NCO swing
- −18.9%
- INC share
- 23.7% → 41.7%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 36.8%
- Turnout
- — → —