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93. Buxar

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-BUXAR

INC 39.3%won by 10.5%NCO 28.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.1% to 10.5%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 28.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.2% of the vote between them, up from 54.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.4% to 47.3%.

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

Electorate
6,05,435
Turnout
47.3%
Valid votes
2,86,063
Margin
30,064
10.51%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ANANT PRASAD SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC1,12,54139.3%
  2. 2RAM SUBHAG SINGHNCO · NCO82,47728.8%
  3. 3SURAJ PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI49,40317.3%
  4. 4RAM AWADHESH SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP19,8256.9%
  5. 5JANNAT HUSSAIN KHANIndependent · IND5,0241.8%
  6. 6PREM CHANDRA UPADHYAIndependent · IND5,0131.8%
  7. 7DINA NATH SINGHIndependent · IND4,6501.6%
  8. 8KAMLA JAHANAWIJan Kalyan Party · JKP2,2360.8%
  9. 9SHEO NATH PANDEYIndependent · IND1,6470.6%
  10. 10BIJOY KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND9680.3%
  11. 11BADRI SINGH BAGIIndependent · IND8950.3%
  12. 12BRIJ BIHARI SINGHIndependent · IND8680.3%
  13. 13BALI RAJ THAKURIndependent · IND5160.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−22.7%
INC share
33.2% → 39.3%
NCO share
0.0% → 28.8%
Turnout
50.7% → 47.3%
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