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Constituency

314. Garhwa

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-GARHWA

INC 31.7%won by 1.4%SOP 30.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 13.5% to 31.7% of the vote here (+18.2%).
  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 30.3% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.0% between them, down from 78.1% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
37,146
Margin
523
1.41%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSOP swing
−12.1%
INC share
13.5% 31.7%
SOP share
0.0% 30.3%
Turnout