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Bihar Lok Sabha 1971

Results board · 53 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateBihar
Seats
53
Constituencies
Majority
27
Seats needed of 53
Electors
3.10Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.49Cr
48.0% of electors
Median turnout
49.2%
Median of 53 seats
INC lead
+12
Above majority · 39 − 27

[01]Seat matrix

53 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 53 seats: INC 39, CPI 5, INCO 3, SIKKIM 2, BJS 2, IND 1, JP 1. Majority line at 27 seats. Hemicycle of 53 seats: INC 39, CPI 5, INCO 3, SIKKIM 2, BJS 2, IND 1, JP 1. Majority line at 27 seats.
Majority · 27 of 53INC 39 · +12 above majority
INC 3973.6% Indian National Congress
CPI 59.4% Communist Party of India
INCO 35.7% Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION)
SIKKIM 23.8% Sikkim Sangram Parishad
BJS 23.8% Bharatiya Jana Sangh
IND 11.9% Independents
JP 11.9% Jharkhand Party

[02]Vote share

Not in the source

The source carries no state-level vote share for Bihar 1971.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Jamshedpur was decided by 206 votes, the closest of 53 seats; Motihari had the widest margin, 1,29,906.

    min / max of margin over 53 seats with a recorded margin

  2. 3 seats were won by a margin under 1%; SIKKIM won 2 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 3 of 53 · SIKKIM 2

  3. In SC-reserved seats INC won 5 of 7 (71.4%), against 73.6% of all seats.

    5 ÷ 7 = 71.4% · 39 ÷ 53 = 73.6%

  4. Turnout ran from 15.8% in Singhbhum to 66.6% in Sitamarhi; the median seat polled 49.2%.

    min / median / max over 53 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

53 of 53 seats carry a turnout
025507510049.2%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 2852.8% of seats
50–60 1630.2% of seats
60–70 917.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestSinghbhum15.8%
  • HighestSitamarhi66.6%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

53 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Bihar Lok Sabha 1971, all 53 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 BagahaSC Bhola Raut Indian National Congress 1,96,690 91,639 46.6 36.2
02 MotihariWIDEST Bibhuti Mishra Indian National Congress 2,28,806 1,29,906 56.8 42.3
03 Bettiah Kamal Nath Tiwari Indian National Congress 2,00,763 1,10,377 55.0 36.5
04 Gopalganj Dwarika Nath Tiwary Indian National Congress 3,10,197 80,546 26.0 55.2
05 Siwan Mohamad Yusuf Indian National Congress 3,06,005 27,221 8.9 49.9
06 Chapra Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh Indian National Congress 3,06,889 39,170 12.8 49.2
07 Maharajganj Ramdeo Singh Sikkim Sangram Parishad 2,92,007 1,008 0.4 48.4
08 Kesaria Kamla Mishra Madhukar Communist Party of India 2,43,666 50,287 20.6 41.6
09 Hajipur Digvijay Narain Singh Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION) 3,98,371 7,084 1.8 64.0
10 Muzaffarpur Nawal Kishore Sinha Indian National Congress 4,05,050 88,574 21.9 66.6
11 Sitamarhi Nagendra Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress 4,20,977 28,725 6.8 66.6
12 Pupri Hari Kishore Singh Indian National Congress 4,06,683 85,033 20.9 64.3
13 Jainagar Bhogendra Jha Communist Party of India 3,40,491 30,930 9.1 54.3
14 Madhubani Jagannath Mishra Indian National Congress 3,54,091 87,901 24.8 59.5
15 Samastipur Yamuna Prasad Mandal Indian National Congress 3,39,464 75,716 22.3 54.8
16 Darbhanga Vinoda Nand Jha Indian National Congress 3,79,320 57,146 15.1 56.5
17 RoseraSC Ram Bhagat Paswan Indian National Congress 2,42,429 31,707 13.1 42.0
18 Saharsa Chiranjib Jha Indian National Congress 3,20,563 76,338 23.8 53.2
19 Madhipura Rajendra Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress 3,16,462 27,909 8.8 53.0
20 ArariaSC Tul Mohan Ram Indian National Congress 2,01,554 83,185 41.3 38.2
21 Kishanganj Jamilur Rahman Indian National Congress 2,09,499 80,914 38.6 40.8
22 Purnea Mohammad Tahir Indian National Congress 2,05,478 20,164 9.8 37.3
23 Katihar Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav Bharatiya Jana Sangh 2,75,063 12,889 4.7 48.8
24 RajmahalST Iswar Marandi Indian National Congress 1,24,991 18,765 15.0 25.5
25 Bodda Jagdish N. Mandal Indian National Congress 1,92,169 48,141 25.1 34.9
26 DumkaST Satya Charan Besra Indian National Congress 1,60,670 10,084 6.3 30.6
27 Banka Shiv Chandika Prasad Indian National Congress 2,68,529 11,075 4.1 48.0
28 Bhagalpur Bhagwat Jha Azad Indian National Congress 3,13,210 61,039 19.5 51.7
29 Monghyr Deonandan Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress 3,81,100 25,676 6.7 64.4
30 JamuiSC Bhola Manjhi Communist Party of India 3,33,686 41,129 12.3 51.0
31 Khagaria Shivshankar Prasad Yadav Sikkim Sangram Parishad 3,46,362 548 0.2 54.7
32 Begusarai Shyamnandan Mishra Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION) 3,50,598 5,462 1.6 55.8
33 Nalanda Sedheshwar Prasad Indian National Congress 3,85,637 1,29,700 33.6 61.1
34 Barh Dharamvir Singh Indian National Congress 3,83,527 31,440 8.2 60.4
35 Patna Ramavatar Shastri Communist Party of India 3,78,108 77,426 20.5 56.4
36 Shahabad Bali Ram Bhagat Indian National Congress 3,55,988 71,443 20.1 59.1
37 Buxar Anant Prasad Sharma Indian National Congress 2,86,063 30,064 10.5 47.3
38 Bikramganj Sheo Pujan Singh Indian National Congress 3,38,893 95,046 28.1 53.7
39 SasaramSC Jag Jiwan Ram Indian National Congress 3,14,291 1,22,200 38.9 51.3
40 Aurangabad Satyendra Narayan Sinha Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION) 3,53,902 91,099 25.7 58.1
41 Jehanabad Chandra Shekhar Sinha Communist Party of India 3,88,073 22,418 5.8 63.7
42 Nawada Sukhdeo Prasad Verma Indian National Congress 3,93,906 53,281 13.5 62.1
43 GayaSC Ishwar Choudhary Bharatiya Jana Sangh 2,47,558 7,099 2.9 45.9
44 Chatra Shankar Dyal Singh Indian National Congress 1,56,765 10,081 6.4 28.7
45 Giridih Chapalendu Bhattacharyya Indian National Congress 1,75,164 4,154 2.4 33.0
46 Dhanbad Ram Narain Sharma Indian National Congress 2,31,189 70,923 30.7 40.6
47 Hazaribagh Damodar Pandey Indian National Congress 1,73,136 10,988 6.4 30.1
48 Ranchi Prashant Kumar Ghosh Indian National Congress 1,83,503 16,420 9.0 33.6
49 JamshedpurCLOSEST Sardar Swaran Singh Indian National Congress 1,74,641 206 0.1 29.0
50 SinghbhumST Moran Singh Purty Jharkhand Party 80,919 12,339 15.3 15.8
51 KhuntiST Nirel Enem Horo Independent 1,65,380 2,814 1.7 33.6
52 LohardagaST Kartik Oraon Indian National Congress 1,90,411 66,486 34.9 37.8
53 PalamauSC Kamla Kumari Indian National Congress 1,66,533 34,223 20.6 30.1
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,29,906 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1971 · Bihar · 53 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesThe source has no state-level summary for this election

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