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91. Patna

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-PATNA

CPI 50.8%won by 20.5%BJS 30.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.2% to 20.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.0% of the vote between them, up from 68.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 56.4%.

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

Electorate
6,70,979
Turnout
56.4%
Valid votes
3,78,108
Margin
77,426
20.48%

Candidates

12 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1RAMAVATAR SHASTRICommunist Party of India · CPI1,91,91150.8%
  2. 2KAILASH PATI MISHRABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,14,48530.3%
  3. 3RAM NAGINA SINGHSHD · SHD34,2309.1%
  4. 4DASU SINGHBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD16,5094.4%
  5. 5PADAMDEO NARAYAN SHARMAIndependent · IND8,6762.3%
  6. 6SHAKUNTLA DEVIIndependent · IND5,2151.4%
  7. 7SUNDARI DEVIIndependent · IND2,0630.5%
  8. 8RAJESHWARI PRASADIndependent · IND1,3480.4%
  9. 9VIDYA SAGAR MISTRIIndependent · IND1,0210.3%
  10. 10SURESH DUTT SHARMAIndependent · IND9260.2%
  11. 11SHEO NANDAN PRASADPBI · PBI8760.2%
  12. 12BIMAL KUMAR SINHARSM · RSM8480.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–BJS swing
−17.6%
CPI share
47.5% → 50.8%
BJS share
9.4% → 30.3%
Turnout
59.5% → 56.4%
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