Constituency
290. Majhgaon
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-MAJHGAON
IND 31.6%won by 7.5%INC 24.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndependent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 56.8% to 7.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 33.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Jan Asra Party (JAP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.7% between them, down from 73.6% — the field split more ways.
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
21,199
Margin
1,598
7.54%
Candidates
8 contested · winner IND- 1DEBENDRA NATH CHAMPIAIndependent · IND6,70331.6%
- 2VIDYA SAGAR PINGUAIndian National Congress · INC5,10524.1%
- 3KOLAI BIRUAJan Kalyan Party · JKP3,67217.3%
- 4GOVERDHAN NAYEKSOP · SOP2,51111.8%
- 5SHUVAS CHANDRA HESAIndependent · IND1,6057.6%
- 6VIR SINGH SIRKATIndependent · IND5602.6%
- 7SANATAN HEMBROMIndependent · IND5492.6%
- 8SANATAN SAMADJKD · JKD4942.3%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- IND
- IND–INC swing
- −54.0%
- IND share
- 65.2% → 31.6%
- INC share
- 3.7% → 24.1%
- Turnout
- — → —