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Constituency

69. Jainagar

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-JAINAGAR

CPI 35.0%won by 9.1%INC 26.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.5% to 9.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.0% between them, down from 83.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
6,26,757
Turnout
54.3%
Valid votes
3,40,491
Margin
30,930
9.08%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIINC swing
−9.4%
CPI share
51.2% 35.0%
INC share
32.6% 26.0%
Turnout
54.5% 54.3%