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63. Maharajganj

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-MAHARAJGANJ

SSP 33.7%won by 0.3%CPI 33.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 0.3%.

  • SSP vote shareSSP went from 14.3% to 33.7% of the vote here (+19.4%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 1,008 votes (0.35%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
6,03,066
Turnout
48.4%
Valid votes
2,92,007
Margin
1,008
0.35%

Candidates

6 contested · winner SSP
  1. 1RAMDEO SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP98,38633.7%
  2. 2INDRA DEEP SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI97,37833.3%
  3. 3MAHAMAYA PRASAD SINHAIndependent · IND90,92031.1%
  4. 4KAMLA SINGHRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP3,3571.1%
  5. 5RAM SHRESTH MISHRAIndependent · IND1,4520.5%
  6. 6RAMESHWAR SINGH VISHWA BANDHUIndependent · IND5140.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
SSPflipped
SSP–CPI swing
+15.2%
SSP share
14.3% → 33.7%
CPI share
29.1% → 33.3%
Turnout
47.9% → 48.4%
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