Constituency
77. Kishanganj
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-KISHANGANJ
INC 58.5%won by 38.6%BJS 19.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 38.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 25.6% to 58.5% of the vote here (+32.9%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.4% of the vote between them, up from 68.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,13,860
Turnout
40.8%
Valid votes
2,09,499
Margin
80,914
38.62%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1JAMILUR RAHMANIndian National Congress · INC1,22,61958.5%
- 2BAL KRISHNA JHABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS41,70519.9%
- 3LAKHAN LAL KAPURIndependent · IND20,1829.6%
- 4GULAM SARWARIndependent · IND9,5964.6%
- 5NURUL HODAPraja Socialist Party · PSP6,4623.1%
- 6MD. ISMAILNCO · NCO3,6101.7%
- 7ZAKIR ALI IRAQUIIndependent · IND2,7531.3%
- 8SHYAMDEO JHAIndependent · IND1,7270.8%
- 9ROSHAN JAHANIndependent · IND8450.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +18.7%
- INC share
- 25.6% → 58.5%
- BJS share
- 5.7% → 19.9%
- Turnout
- 42.5% → 40.8%