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278. Tundi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-TUNDI

INC 36.2%won by 7.7%BJS 28.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 25.3% to 36.2% of the vote here (+11.0%).
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
33,594
Margin
2,598
7.73%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SATYA NARAYAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC12,17536.2%
  2. 2SATYA NARAIN DVDANIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,57728.5%
  3. 3BINOD BIHARI MAHTOIndependent · IND5,51016.4%
  4. 4NARAYAN MAHTOJKD · JKD2,6968.0%
  5. 5GOKHULESHWAR MISHRASwatantra Party · SWA1,4094.2%
  6. 6ABDUL RAHMANSOP · SOP1,1283.4%
  7. 7MOHAMMAD ISLAM ANSARIIndependent · IND5301.6%
  8. 8KUMED KISHORE PANDEYIndependent · IND3020.9%
  9. 9MOHAMMAD USMAN ANSARINCO · NCO2670.8%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJS swing
+24.1%
INC share
25.3% → 36.2%
BJS share
41.6% → 28.5%
Turnout
— → —
277. Dhanbad279. Nirsa
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