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104. Ranchi

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-RANCHI

INC 43.3%won by 8.9%BJS 34.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.5% to 8.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.7% of the vote between them, up from 36.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.0% to 33.6%.

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

Electorate
5,46,790
Turnout
33.6%
Valid votes
1,83,503
Margin
16,420
8.95%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRASHANT KUMAR GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC79,49743.3%
  2. 2RUDRA PRATAP SARANGIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS63,07734.4%
  3. 3RAMESHWAR MAHTOIndependent · IND13,2427.2%
  4. 4GHANSHYAM MAHTOFBL · FBL12,3736.7%
  5. 5KAMINI KANT SHRIWASTAWAJan Kalyan Party · JKP4,3982.4%
  6. 6LALU PAHANBharatiya Rashtravadi Paksha · BRP2,3511.3%
  7. 7ZAKIRIndependent · IND2,2831.2%
  8. 8JAHAN ARAIndependent · IND1,8381.0%
  9. 9SURESH SAHUIndependent · IND1,5640.9%
  10. 10KUMARI SANTOSHI TIGGAIndependent · IND1,5460.8%
  11. 11RAKHAL SWANSIIndependent · IND6780.4%
  12. 12SAFIQUE ALAMSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP6560.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+6.5%
INC share
19.6% → 43.3%
BJS share
17.1% → 34.4%
Turnout
36.6% → 33.6%
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