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95. Sasaram

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-SASARAM

INC 66.9%won by 38.9%NCO 28.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.9% to 38.9%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.0% of the vote between them, up from 67.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
6,12,265
Turnout
51.3%
Valid votes
3,14,291
Margin
1,22,200
38.88%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JAG JIWAN RAMIndian National Congress · INC2,10,35366.9%
  2. 2MAHABIR PASAWANNCO · NCO88,15328.0%
  3. 3RAM PRASAD DASIndependent · IND6,4212.0%
  4. 4DULAR CHAND RAMIndependent · IND3,0341.0%
  5. 5KAPIL RAMIndependent · IND2,6270.8%
  6. 6RAM KESHI PRASADIndependent · IND2,4550.8%
  7. 7LAKSHMI RAMJan Kalyan Party · JKP7880.3%
  8. 8SHYAM KUMARIIndependent · IND4600.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−15.0%
INC share
53.9% → 66.9%
NCO share
0.0% → 28.0%
Turnout
51.7% → 51.3%
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