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67. Sitamarhi

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-SITAMARHI

INC 51.6%won by 6.8%SSP 44.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.1% to 6.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.5% of the vote between them, up from 77.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.1% to 66.6%.

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

Electorate
6,31,884
Turnout
66.6%
Valid votes
4,20,977
Margin
28,725
6.82%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NAGENDRA PRASAD YADAVIndian National Congress · INC2,17,41651.6%
  2. 2THAKUR JUGAL KISHORE SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,88,69144.8%
  3. 3INDAL SINGHIndependent · IND14,0393.3%
  4. 4RATNESHWARI NANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND8310.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SSP swing
+6.7%
INC share
38.8% → 51.6%
SSP share
38.6% → 44.8%
Turnout
64.5% → 66.6%
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