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57. Bagaha

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-BAGAHA

INC 71.0%won by 46.6%BJS 24.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.8% to 46.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.4% of the vote between them, up from 71.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.4% to 36.1%.

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

Electorate
5,44,044
Turnout
36.1%
Valid votes
1,96,690
Margin
91,639
46.59%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHOLA RAUTIndian National Congress · INC1,39,63471.0%
  2. 2KANCHANBAITHABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS47,99524.4%
  3. 3BHOLA RAM TOOFANIPraja Socialist Party · PSP6,5613.3%
  4. 4RAMAYAN HAZRAIndependent · IND1,6910.9%
  5. 5LAXMI PRASADBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD8090.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+14.4%
INC share
49.1% → 71.0%
BJS share
16.9% → 24.4%
Turnout
39.6% → 36.1%
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