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311. Latehar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-LATEHAR

INC 38.4%won by 11.3%BJS 27.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 23.4% to 38.4% of the vote here (+15.0%).
  • Multi-cornered4 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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Valid votes
29,104
Margin
3,302
11.35%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VIJOY VIRENDRA KUMARIndian National Congress · INC11,18138.4%
  2. 2YAMUNA SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,87927.1%
  3. 3JHAMAN SINGHIndependent · IND3,73912.8%
  4. 4RAJMOHAN SINGHNCO · NCO1,6155.5%
  5. 5MAHABIR BHAGATIndependent · IND1,4284.9%
  6. 6SUBHASH SINGHJKD · JKD1,3244.5%
  7. 7AIJAK V. PETER MUNJANIIndependent · IND8302.9%
  8. 8MAHABIR SINGHSOP · SOP6102.1%
  9. 9KESHWAR SINGHBharatiya Rashtravadi Paksha · BRP4981.7%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJS swing
+32.6%
INC share
23.4% → 38.4%
BJS share
44.7% → 27.1%
Turnout
— → —
310. Lohardaga312. Panki
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