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Constituency

304. Simdega

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-SIMDEGA

INC 42.6%won by 25.8%BJS 16.8%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
33,075
Margin
8,539
25.82%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJS swing
+56.5%
INC share
5.0% 42.6%
BJS share
35.7% 16.8%
Turnout