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Constituency

270. Barkagaon

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-BARKAGAON

BJS 52.5%won by 15.0%INC 37.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Jan Asra Party (JAP) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 15.0%.

  • BJS vote shareBJS went from 16.0% to 52.5% of the vote here (+36.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.0% of the vote between them, up from 74.1% — 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
22,673
Margin
3,396
14.98%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
JAP
Winner now
BJSflipped
BJSINC swing
+18.1%
BJS share
16.0% 52.5%
INC share
19.1% 37.5%
Turnout