Constituency
103. Hazaribagh
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-HAZARIBAGH
INC 32.8%won by 6.3%JAP 26.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.3%.
- New challengerJan Asra Party (JAP) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.3% between them, down from 78.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.8% to 30.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,75,155
Turnout
30.1%
Valid votes
1,73,136
Margin
10,988
6.35%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1DAMODAR PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC56,83132.8%
- 2LALITA RAJYA LAKSHMIJan Asra Party · JAP45,84326.5%
- 3SATRUHAN PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS30,65617.7%
- 4RAMNIKA GUPTASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP15,4038.9%
- 5MD. RAFIQUEIndependent · IND15,3998.9%
- 6SUKHDEO MAHTOHindvi Swarajyay Dal · HSD7,5674.4%
- 7JAGDISH NARAIN SINGHJan Kalyan Party · JKP1,4370.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JAP swing
- −27.5%
- INC share
- 33.9% → 32.8%
- JAP share
- 0.0% → 26.5%
- Turnout
- 37.9% → 30.1%