Constituency
304. Simdega
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-SIMDEGA
INC 42.6%won by 25.8%BJS 16.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 25.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 5.0% to 42.6% of the vote here (+37.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 59.4% of the vote between them, up from 54.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
33,075
Margin
8,539
25.82%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1SIMON TIGGAIndian National Congress · INC14,10142.6%
- 2NIRMAL KUMAR BESRABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,56216.8%
- 3ABNEJAR LAKRAJKD · JKD5,05315.3%
- 4KARLUS URAONIndependent · IND2,2246.7%
- 5RAWAR TETENCO · NCO1,5084.6%
- 6PITER URAONJan Kalyan Party · JKP1,3744.2%
- 7KARLUS KHARIAIndependent · IND1,3604.1%
- 8PHILMON TOPPAIndependent · IND1,1543.5%
- 9DEVID MUNJNIIndependent · IND4391.3%
- 10GAJADHAR GONDIndependent · IND3000.9%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +56.5%
- INC share
- 5.0% → 42.6%
- BJS share
- 35.7% → 16.8%
- Turnout
- — → —