Constituency
261. Jamua
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-JAMUA
BJS 43.7%won by 9.8%INC 33.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 9.8%.
- BJS vote shareBJS went from 26.8% to 43.7% of the vote here (+16.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.5% of the vote between them, up from 58.6% — 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
35,315
Margin
3,472
9.83%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJS- 1RITLAL PRASAD VERMABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS15,41943.7%
- 2SAUA AND PRASADIndian National Congress · INC11,94733.8%
- 3KHAJA IFATKHAR JANNCO · NCO5,22814.8%
- 4RADHE SAO GUPTASOP · SOP1,9395.5%
- 5GANESH DUTTA ROYIndependent · IND7822.2%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–INC swing
- +14.8%
- BJS share
- 26.8% → 43.7%
- INC share
- 31.8% → 33.8%
- Turnout
- — → —