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61. Siwan

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-SIWAN

INC 52.2%won by 8.9%BJS 43.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.3% to 8.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.5% of the vote between them, up from 68.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.8% to 49.9%.

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

Electorate
6,12,732
Turnout
49.9%
Valid votes
3,06,005
Margin
27,221
8.90%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MOHAMAD YUSUFIndian National Congress · INC1,59,79452.2%
  2. 2JANARDAN TIWARIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,32,57343.3%
  3. 3SHANKAR NATH VIDYARTHIIndependent · IND7,3502.4%
  4. 4DURGA LALIndependent · IND2,9511.0%
  5. 5RAJDEO SINGHBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD2,4810.8%
  6. 6HAJARI SINGHIndependent · IND8560.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−8.4%
INC share
39.3% → 52.2%
BJS share
22.0% → 43.3%
Turnout
45.2% → 49.9%
60. Gopalganj62. Chapra
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