Constituency
83. Banka
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-BANKA
INC 29.8%won by 4.1%CPI 25.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 25.5% to 29.8% of the vote here (+4.3%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 25.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,59,147
Turnout
48.0%
Valid votes
2,68,529
Margin
11,075
4.12%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1SHIV CHANDIKA PRASADIndian National Congress · INC80,01729.8%
- 2VASUDEO YADAVCommunist Party of India · CPI68,94225.7%
- 3VENI SHANKAR SHARMABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS66,08524.6%
- 4GUNESHWAR SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP29,33310.9%
- 5BHUBNESHWAR PANDEYFBL · FBL7,4652.8%
- 6RADHEY SHYAM RAISwatantra Party · SWA5,3882.0%
- 7SHYAM NARAYAN SINGHHindvi Swarajyay Dal · HSD4,8971.8%
- 8MUNSHI MANJHIPHJ · PHJ3,9241.5%
- 9KAMPA MURMUJan Kalyan Party · JKP2,4780.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- −21.4%
- INC share
- 25.5% → 29.8%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 25.7%
- Turnout
- 48.8% → 48.0%