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90. Barh

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-BARH

INC 48.1%won by 8.2%NCO 39.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.7% to 8.2%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 39.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.0% of the vote between them, up from 59.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.5% to 60.4%.

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

Electorate
6,35,516
Turnout
60.4%
Valid votes
3,83,527
Margin
31,440
8.20%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DHARAMVIR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,84,48448.1%
  2. 2TARKESHWARI SINHANCO · NCO1,53,04439.9%
  3. 3RAM LAKHAN CHANDAPURIIndependent · IND16,3274.3%
  4. 4RAM DEVAN DASHindvi Swarajyay Dal · HSD13,5313.5%
  5. 5RAM SHARAN PRASAD SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,1342.4%
  6. 6RAMJI PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND2,5740.7%
  7. 7SHYAM NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,8610.5%
  8. 8KANHAIYA SINGHIndependent · IND1,5120.4%
  9. 9JAI NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,0600.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−25.8%
INC share
34.0% → 48.1%
NCO share
0.0% → 39.9%
Turnout
53.9% → 60.4%
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