Constituency

59. Bettiah

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-BETTIAH

INC 72.7%won by 55.0%IND 17.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.8% to 55.0%.

Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) to Independent (IND).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.4% of the vote between them, up from 48.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout fell 10.9% to 36.5%.

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

Electorate

5,49,914

Turnout

36.5%

Valid votes

2,00,763

Margin

1,10,377

54.98%