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109. Palamau

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-PALAMAU

INC 51.3%won by 20.6%BJS 30.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.4% to 20.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.0% of the vote between them, up from 66.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 12.5% to 30.1%.

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

Electorate
5,52,932
Turnout
30.1%
Valid votes
1,66,533
Margin
34,223
20.55%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KAMLA KUMARIIndian National Congress · INC85,37151.3%
  2. 2RAMDEO RAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS51,14830.7%
  3. 3KEDAR RAMSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP15,8389.5%
  4. 4LILA DEVIIndependent · IND4,3802.6%
  5. 5KANHAI RAMIndependent · IND3,6962.2%
  6. 6MUNSHI DUSADHBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD3,3212.0%
  7. 7BABULAL RAMJan Kalyan Party · JKP2,7791.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−11.2%
INC share
43.1% → 51.3%
BJS share
11.3% → 30.7%
Turnout
42.6% → 30.1%
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