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102. Dhanbad

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-DHANBAD

INC 46.4%won by 30.7%CPM 15.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: JKD (JKD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 30.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 25.7% to 46.4% of the vote here (+20.7%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).

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

Electorate
5,70,192
Turnout
40.5%
Valid votes
2,31,189
Margin
70,923
30.68%

Candidates

15 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM NARAIN SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC1,07,30846.4%
  2. 2VINOD VIHARI MAHTOCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,38515.7%
  3. 3PRAN PRASADJan Asra Party · JAP23,71410.3%
  4. 4S. K. RAICommunist Party of India · CPI16,2437.0%
  5. 5GAUTAM KUMARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS12,2565.3%
  6. 6P. N. SURBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD11,3654.9%
  7. 7PRANAV CHATTERJEESamyukta Socialist Party · SSP6,5572.8%
  8. 8KAMESHWAR JHAIndependent · IND6,1602.7%
  9. 9SAFI AHMADHindvi Swarajyay Dal · HSD2,9461.3%
  10. 10NALINI RANJAN SINGHSUC · SUC2,7501.2%
  11. 11BHAGWAN DAS PASWANIndependent · IND2,1460.9%
  12. 12UDIT NARAYAN PRASADIndependent · IND1,4730.6%
  13. 13BUDHAN RAMIndependent · IND7590.3%
  14. 14N. NAGIndependent · IND6210.3%
  15. 15M .A. ZAFAR ANSARIIndependent · IND5060.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
JKD
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+15.1%
INC share
25.7% → 46.4%
CPM share
10.1% → 15.7%
Turnout
38.7% → 40.5%
101. Giridih103. Hazaribagh
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