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60. Gopalganj

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-GOPALGANJ

INC 61.6%won by 26.0%SSP 35.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.3% to 26.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.2% of the vote between them, up from 58.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.8% to 55.2%.

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

Electorate
5,62,299
Turnout
55.2%
Valid votes
3,10,197
Margin
80,546
25.97%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DWARIKA NATH TIWARYIndian National Congress · INC1,91,10161.6%
  2. 2SABHA PATI SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,10,55535.6%
  3. 3BADRI NARAINIndependent · IND2,3900.8%
  4. 4M. N. AHMAD GANINCO · NCO2,1130.7%
  5. 5DEO NARAIN PRASAD VERMABhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD2,0980.7%
  6. 6DR. RAJ BAINSHI PANDEIndependent · IND1,9400.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SSP swing
+24.7%
INC share
29.9% → 61.6%
SSP share
28.7% → 35.6%
Turnout
46.4% → 55.2%
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