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101. Giridih

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-GIRIDIH

INC 38.3%won by 2.4%NCO 35.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 1.9% to 2.4%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 35.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.2% of the vote between them, up from 68.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 8.0% to 33.0%.

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

Electorate
5,30,962
Turnout
33.0%
Valid votes
1,75,164
Margin
4,154
2.37%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHAPALENDU BHATTACHARYYAIndian National Congress · INC67,04638.3%
  2. 2KRISHNA BALLABH SAHAYNCO · NCO62,89235.9%
  3. 3CHATURANAN MISHRACommunist Party of India · CPI32,16818.4%
  4. 4SHANKER LAL RUNGTAIndependent · IND6,7273.8%
  5. 5INDRA NARAYAN SINGHJan Kalyan Party · JKP4,7422.7%
  6. 6HEMLAL PRAGANITIndependent · IND1,5890.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
−32.7%
INC share
35.1% → 38.3%
NCO share
0.0% → 35.9%
Turnout
41.0% → 33.0%
100. Chatra102. Dhanbad
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