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8. Bicholim

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Goa Assembly Election, 1972

GA-BICHOLIM

MAG 65.4%won by 41.7%INC 23.8%

What changed here

Derived

MAG held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 53.1% to 41.7%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 23.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.2% of the vote between them, up from 80.8% — 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
10,072
Margin
4,196
41.66%

Candidates

6 contested · winner MAG
  1. 1K. S. GURUDUTTAMAG · MAG6,58965.4%
  2. 2S. RAMESH NARAYANIndian National Congress · INC2,39323.8%
  3. 3CHOPDEKAR DATTARAM KESHAVNMG · NMG6786.7%
  4. 4VAZ GEORGECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1891.9%
  5. 5SHIVAJIRAO G. DESAISOP · SOP1261.3%
  6. 6DUBHASHI SHIVAJI RAVAJIUGS · UGS971.0%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
MAG
Winner now
MAG
MAG–INC swing
−25.3%
MAG share
67.0% → 65.4%
INC share
0.0% → 23.8%
Turnout
— → —
7. Tivim9. Pale
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