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Constituency

344. Banswara

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Rajasthan · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-BANSWARA

INC 42.1%won by 0.4%SSP 41.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.8% to 0.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 41.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.8% between them, down from 94.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 14.3% to 53.8%.

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

Electorate
5,23,521
Turnout
53.8%
Valid votes
2,81,778
Margin
1,144
0.41%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1HIRALALIndian National Congress · INC1,18,64342.1%
  2. 2PRABHULALSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,17,49941.7%
  3. 3UDAILALIndependent · IND29,48210.5%
  4. 4BHOOJI BHAINCO · NCO16,1545.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSSP swing
−51.6%
INC share
52.0% 42.1%
SSP share
0.0% 41.7%
Turnout
68.1% 53.8%