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Constituency

290. Majhgaon

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-MAJHGAON

IND 31.6%won by 7.5%INC 24.1%

What changed here

Derived

Independent 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
21,199
Margin
1,598
7.54%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
INDINC swing
−54.0%
IND share
65.2% 31.6%
INC share
3.7% 24.1%
Turnout