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80. Rajmahal

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-RAJMAHAL

INC 44.8%won by 15.0%PHJ 29.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.3% to 15.0%.

  • New challengerPHJ (PHJ) finished second with 29.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.5% of the vote between them, up from 51.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 7.3% to 25.5%.

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

Electorate
4,90,794
Turnout
25.5%
Valid votes
1,24,991
Margin
18,765
15.01%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ISWAR MARANDIIndian National Congress · INC55,95844.8%
  2. 2JUSTIN RICHARDPHJ · PHJ37,19329.8%
  3. 3MANIK MARANDIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS20,27616.2%
  4. 4MARK KISKUIndependent · IND4,0803.3%
  5. 5SAWNA DEHRIIndependent · IND2,6862.1%
  6. 6SASIEL HEMBROMIndependent · IND2,2761.8%
  7. 7PAUL HANSDAJan Kalyan Party · JKP1,4901.2%
  8. 8ROBERT SAMUEL BESRASwatantra Party · SWA1,0320.8%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PHJ swing
−12.9%
INC share
27.9% → 44.8%
PHJ share
0.0% → 29.8%
Turnout
32.7% → 25.5%
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