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Constituency

298. Khunti

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-KHUNTI

INC 50.7%won by 28.1%BJS 22.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.6% to 28.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.4% of the vote between them, up from 64.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
29,806
Margin
8,361
28.05%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
+7.5%
INC share
42.7% 50.7%
BJS share
22.2% 22.7%
Turnout