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62. Chapra

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-CHAPRA

INC 42.1%won by 12.8%BKD 29.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.1% to 12.8%.

  • New challengerBhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.4% of the vote between them, up from 49.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
6,24,439
Turnout
49.1%
Valid votes
3,06,889
Margin
39,170
12.76%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM SHEKHAR PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,29,13442.1%
  2. 2SATYADEO SINGHBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD89,96429.3%
  3. 3JANAK YADAVPraja Socialist Party · PSP27,0218.8%
  4. 4AWADHESH KUMAR SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS25,4548.3%
  5. 5HARI NANDAN PRASAD YADAVSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP19,6096.4%
  6. 6AMAR KUMAR PANDEYSUC · SUC7,0102.3%
  7. 7MAKSUDHAN SINGHIndependent · IND3,3741.1%
  8. 8SABDULLAHIndependent · IND1,4950.5%
  9. 9RAM PUJAN PRASADIndependent · IND1,4550.5%
  10. 10RAM PATI DASSIndependent · IND8130.3%
  11. 11RAMESHWAR PRASAD RAJPALIndependent · IND7860.3%
  12. 12VISHWANATH SINGHIndependent · IND7740.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BKD swing
−17.1%
INC share
29.9% → 42.1%
BKD share
0.0% → 29.3%
Turnout
49.5% → 49.1%
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