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58. Motihari

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-MOTIHARI

INC 68.1%won by 56.8%BJS 11.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.8% to 56.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.5% of the vote between them, up from 62.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.7% to 42.3%.

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

Electorate
5,40,484
Turnout
42.3%
Valid votes
2,28,806
Margin
1,29,906
56.78%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BIBHUTI MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC1,55,86368.1%
  2. 2HARISHANKER SHARMABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS25,95711.3%
  3. 3BIPIN BIHARI VERMANCO · NCO24,66110.8%
  4. 4BASAWAN SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP21,4139.4%
  5. 5JAMALUDDIN KHANIndependent · IND9120.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+30.6%
INC share
39.0% → 68.1%
BJS share
12.8% → 11.3%
Turnout
48.0% → 42.3%
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