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76. Araria

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-ARARIA

INC 66.6%won by 41.3%NCO 25.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 30.2% to 41.3%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 25.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.9% of the vote between them, up from 72.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 11.6% to 38.2%.

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

Electorate
5,27,567
Turnout
38.2%
Valid votes
2,01,554
Margin
83,185
41.27%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1TUL MOHAN RAMIndian National Congress · INC1,34,16266.6%
  2. 2DUMAR LAL BAITHANCO · NCO50,97725.3%
  3. 3BAL BODH PASWANPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,4863.7%
  4. 4YASHODA DEVIIndependent · IND5,8112.9%
  5. 5LALDEO PASWANSOC · SOC1,6100.8%
  6. 6ADHIKILAL PASWANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,5080.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−10.0%
INC share
51.2% → 66.6%
NCO share
0.0% → 25.3%
Turnout
49.8% → 38.2%
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