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Constituency

66. Muzaffarpur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-MUZAFFARPUR

INC 60.5%won by 21.9%NCO 38.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCNCO swing
−24.0%
INC share
45.9% 60.5%
NCO share
0.0% 38.6%
Turnout
58.5% 66.6%