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Constituency

260. Gawan

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-GAWAN

INC 53.3%won by 19.4%BJS 34.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 19.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 17.9% to 53.3% of the vote here (+35.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.3% of the vote between them, up from 69.9% — 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
24,090
Margin
4,662
19.35%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJS swing
+34.8%
INC share
17.9% 53.3%
BJS share
33.3% 34.0%
Turnout