Constituency
66. Muzaffarpur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-MUZAFFARPUR
INC 60.5%won by 21.9%NCO 38.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.7% to 21.9%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 38.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.1% of the vote between them, up from 80.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.1% to 66.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,08,535
Turnout
66.6%
Valid votes
4,05,050
Margin
88,574
21.87%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1NAWAL KISHORE SINHAIndian National Congress · INC2,45,00760.5%
- 2MAHESH PRASAD SINGHNCO · NCO1,56,43338.6%
- 3ANZARUL HAQUEIndependent · IND1,8260.5%
- 4SITARAM RAZAKIndependent · IND1,7840.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −24.0%
- INC share
- 45.9% → 60.5%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 38.6%
- Turnout
- 58.5% → 66.6%