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257. Gobindpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-GOBINDPUR

INC 38.2%won by 9.6%IND 28.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: LTC (LTC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 25.4% to 38.2% of the vote here (+12.7%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 66.7% of the vote between them, up from 52.0% — 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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Valid votes
66,310
Margin
6,375
9.61%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AMARIT PRASADIndian National Congress · INC25,30338.2%
  2. 2LAKCHHAMI NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND18,92828.5%
  3. 3TEKNARAYAN PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND11,49817.3%
  4. 4BHAGIRATH PRASAD YADAVIndependent · IND4,9837.5%
  5. 5BHATU MAHATONCO · NCO2,8284.3%
  6. 6MAHABIR PRASAD YADAVBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,7704.2%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
LTC
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–IND swing
+8.7%
INC share
25.4% → 38.2%
IND share
24.5% → 28.5%
Turnout
— → —
256. Warsaliganj258. Kodarma
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