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310. Lohardaga

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-LOHARDAGA

INC 74.7%won by 62.1%NCO 12.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.5% to 62.1%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 12.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.4% of the vote between them, up from 78.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
29,260
Margin
18,159
62.06%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BIHARI LAKBAIndian National Congress · INC21,86474.7%
  2. 2BHOLA ORAONNCO · NCO3,70512.7%
  3. 3BAL RAM BHAGATBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,7656.0%
  4. 4BHONWRA ORAONSOP · SOP9553.3%
  5. 5BUDH DEO BHAGATJKD · JKD6972.4%
  6. 6JITU BHAGATSwatantra Party · SWA2740.9%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
+12.6%
INC share
49.5% → 74.7%
NCO share
0.0% → 12.7%
Turnout
— → —
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