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306. Gumla

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-GUMLA

INC 37.9%won by 18.6%BJS 19.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 18.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 23.2% to 37.9% of the vote here (+14.7%).
  • Multi-cornered5 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
32,462
Margin
6,050
18.64%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BAIRAGI ORAONIndian National Congress · INC12,31637.9%
  2. 2ROPNA ORAONBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,26619.3%
  3. 3BENJAMIN SURINJKD · JKD6,16919.0%
  4. 4PATRAS BILUNGNCO · NCO3,61511.1%
  5. 5LUIS BARLAJan Kalyan Party · JKP2,9479.1%
  6. 6KHRISTANAND TOPNOIndependent · IND6672.1%
  7. 7SITARAM ORAONIndependent · IND2850.9%
  8. 8PRITAM KINDOIndependent · IND1970.6%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJS swing
+26.7%
INC share
23.2% → 37.9%
BJS share
31.4% → 19.3%
Turnout
— → —
305. Chainpur307. Sisai
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