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107. Khunti

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-KHUNTI

IND 30.5%won by 1.7%BJS 28.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 1.7%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 23.1% to 30.5% of the vote here (+7.5%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 59.4% of the vote between them, up from 49.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.2% to 33.6%.

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

Electorate
4,91,621
Turnout
33.6%
Valid votes
1,65,380
Margin
2,814
1.70%

Candidates

8 contested · winner IND
  1. 1NIREL ENEM HOROIndependent · IND50,48930.5%
  2. 2KADIA MUNDABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS47,67528.8%
  3. 3MARSHAL KULLUJan Kalyan Party · JKP31,98319.3%
  4. 4BHAIYA RAM MUNDAIndependent · IND27,25216.5%
  5. 5JOHN KANDULNAIndependent · IND3,5702.2%
  6. 6DHAMU SINGH MUNDABharatiya Rashtravadi Paksha · BRP2,6311.6%
  7. 7REJAN PURTIIndependent · IND9000.5%
  8. 8M. H. BAZRAY MUNDAIndependent · IND8800.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–BJS swing
−4.8%
IND share
23.1% → 30.5%
BJS share
16.6% → 28.8%
Turnout
38.8% → 33.6%
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