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71. Samastipur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-SAMASTIPUR

INC 49.1%won by 22.3%BJS 26.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.2% to 22.3%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.7% to 54.8%.

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

Electorate
6,19,551
Turnout
54.8%
Valid votes
3,39,464
Margin
75,716
22.30%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1YAMUNA PRASAD MANDALIndian National Congress · INC1,66,82749.1%
  2. 2VALMIKI PRASAD SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS91,11126.8%
  3. 3MUNSHILAL ROYSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP73,35921.6%
  4. 4LALIT KUMAR SINGHPBI · PBI2,8420.8%
  5. 5YADUNANDAN THAKURIndependent · IND2,1180.6%
  6. 6JWALA PRASAD CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1,4220.4%
  7. 7BHOLA NATH CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND9430.3%
  8. 8RAMPUR PRASAD ROYIndependent · IND8420.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−9.2%
INC share
41.2% → 49.1%
BJS share
9.6% → 26.8%
Turnout
58.4% → 54.8%
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