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Constituency

254. Nawada

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-NAWADA

INC 41.7%won by 4.9%NCO 36.8%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
79,470
Margin
3,876
4.88%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCNCO swing
−18.9%
INC share
23.7% 41.7%
NCO share
0.0% 36.8%
Turnout