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89. Nalanda

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-NALANDA

INC 57.9%won by 33.6%BJS 24.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.7% to 33.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.2% of the vote between them, up from 69.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.9% to 61.1%.

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

Electorate
6,31,607
Turnout
61.1%
Valid votes
3,85,637
Margin
1,29,700
33.63%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SEDHESHWAR PRASADIndian National Congress · INC2,23,39857.9%
  2. 2SHYAM SUNDER PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS93,69824.3%
  3. 3RAM RAJ PRASAD SINGHNCO · NCO42,25911.0%
  4. 4H. RASHIDMUL · MUL10,5182.7%
  5. 5GURU SAHAY ARYAIndependent · IND5,5911.4%
  6. 6BRIJ NANDAN YADAVIndependent · IND5,2371.4%
  7. 7RAM PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND2,9030.8%
  8. 8RAM NARESH SHARMABhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD2,0330.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+9.0%
INC share
46.9% → 57.9%
BJS share
22.2% → 24.3%
Turnout
53.2% → 61.1%
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