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Constituency

87. Khagaria

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-KHAGARIA

SSP 21.2%won by 0.2%INC 21.1%

What changed here

Derived

Samyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.2% to 0.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 38.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 42.3% between them, down from 92.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.5% to 54.7%.

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

Electorate
6,33,193
Turnout
54.7%
Valid votes
3,46,362
Margin
548
0.16%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
SSP
SSPINC swing
−28.0%
SSP share
60.1% 21.2%
INC share
31.9% 21.1%
Turnout
60.3% 54.7%