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97. Jehanabad

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-JEHANABAD

CPI 42.2%won by 5.8%BJS 36.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.7% to 5.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.6% of the vote between them, up from 62.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 14.6% to 63.7%.

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

Electorate
6,08,878
Turnout
63.7%
Valid votes
3,88,073
Margin
22,418
5.78%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1CHANDRA SHEKHAR SINHACommunist Party of India · CPI1,63,73342.2%
  2. 2VIVEKANAND SHARMABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,41,31536.4%
  3. 3UPENDRA NATH VERMASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP64,94316.7%
  4. 4LALDEO SINHAHindvi Swarajyay Dal · HSD11,8993.1%
  5. 5KESHAV PRASAD SHARMAIndependent · IND3,4000.9%
  6. 6DEODENI OJHABhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD2,7830.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–BJS swing
−28.4%
CPI share
40.8% → 42.2%
BJS share
6.6% → 36.4%
Turnout
49.1% → 63.7%
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