Who won Bicholim in the 1972 Assembly election?

K. S. GURUDUTTA of the MAG (MAG) won Bicholim in the 1972 Assembly election with 6,589 votes (65.4% vote share), a margin of 4,196 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

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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Turnout

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Valid votes

10,072

Margin

4,196

41.66%

Candidates

6 contested · winner MAG

1K. S. GURUDUTTA MAG · MAG6,58965.4%
2S. RAMESH NARAYAN Indian National Congress · INC2,39323.8%
3CHOPDEKAR DATTARAM KESHAV NMG · NMG6786.7%
4VAZ GEORGE Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1891.9%
5SHIVAJIRAO G. DESAI SOP · SOP1261.3%
6DUBHASHI SHIVAJI RAVAJI UGS · 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: — → —

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