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287. Jugsalai

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-JUGSALAI

IND 40.7%won by 11.4%INC 29.3%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.8% to 11.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.0% of the vote between them, up from 55.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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Valid votes
35,951
Margin
4,108
11.43%

Candidates

6 contested · winner IND
  1. 1SANATAN MAJHIIndependent · IND14,64340.7%
  2. 2MRIGENDRA NATH MAJHIIndian National Congress · INC10,53529.3%
  3. 3SANATAN SARDARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,95916.6%
  4. 4MAJHI RASRAJ TUDUJan Kalyan Party · JKP3,4289.5%
  5. 5HAKIM CHAND TUDUSOP · SOP6971.9%
  6. 6HARIPADO SINGHNCO · NCO6891.9%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
IND–INC swing
−5.1%
IND share
32.2% → 40.7%
INC share
15.6% → 29.3%
Turnout
— → —
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