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Constituency

82. Dumka

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-DUMKA

INC 35.4%won by 6.3%CPI 29.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.8% to 6.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.5% between them, down from 69.9% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
5,25,852
Turnout
30.6%
Valid votes
1,60,670
Margin
10,084
6.28%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−1.5%
INC share
38.8% 35.4%
CPI share
31.0% 29.1%
Turnout
32.4% 30.6%