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302. Kanke

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-KANKE

BJS 42.6%won by 6.0%INC 36.6%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.9% to 6.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.2% of the vote between them, up from 72.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 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
38,729
Margin
2,332
6.02%

Candidates

9 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1RAM TAHAL CHAUDHARYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS16,51242.6%
  2. 2ABDUR RAZAK ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC14,18036.6%
  3. 3CHANDRADEO SINGHSOP · SOP2,6446.8%
  4. 4ABDUL RAUFNCO · NCO1,9094.9%
  5. 5IDRIS ANSARIIndependent · IND1,0872.8%
  6. 6LALU PAHANBharatiya Rashtravadi Paksha · BRP7762.0%
  7. 7NIRONNAGRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP7572.0%
  8. 8MAILA TIRKEYIndependent · IND5441.4%
  9. 9JAGARNATH DUBEYSwatantra Party · SWA3200.8%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
BJS
BJS–INC swing
−10.9%
BJS share
44.6% → 42.6%
INC share
27.7% → 36.6%
Turnout
— → —
301. Ranchi303. Kolebira
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