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259. Dhanwar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-DHANWAR

INC 30.6%won by 2.5%IND 28.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.0% to 2.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).

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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not in source
Valid votes
33,573
Margin
855
2.55%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PUNIT RAIIndian National Congress · INC10,29030.6%
  2. 2JANARDAN RAIIndependent · IND9,43528.1%
  3. 3IBRAHIM ANSARIIndependent · IND4,05212.1%
  4. 4RAMESH PRASADSOP · SOP2,8448.5%
  5. 5HARI NARAIN PRABHAKARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,6928.0%
  6. 6HARIHAR PRASAD SINGHNCO · NCO1,9955.9%
  7. 7CHHOTU SINGHIndependent · IND1,6745.0%
  8. 8SARYU PRASADJKD · JKD5911.8%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−31.2%
INC share
35.7% → 30.6%
IND share
2.0% → 28.1%
Turnout
— → —
258. Kodarma260. Gawan
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