1971 Indian general election in Bihar

Vijoy 15 million people voted in the state of Bihar in the 1971 Indian general election, a turnout of 49%. The Indian National Congress won 39 seats from a total of 53.

## National parties

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* BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh
* CPI Communist Party of India
* CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)
* INC Indian National Congress
* NCO Indian National Congress (Organisation)
* PSP Praja Socialist Party
* SSP Samyukta Socialist Party
* SWA Swatantra Party

## Statistics

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### Size of electorate: Bihar

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Men | Women | Total

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16271582 | 14748369 | 31019951
Voter turnout | Poll Percentage | No. of polling stations

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15186628 | 48.96% | 36487

## List of successful candidates: Bihar

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1. Bagaha (SC); Bhola Raut INC
2. Motihari; Bibhuti Mishra INC
3. Bettiah; Kamal Nath Tiwari INC
4. Gopalganj; Dwarika Nath Tiwary INC
5. Siwan; Mohamad Yusuf INC
6. Chapra; Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh INC
7. Maharajganj; Ramdeo Singh SSP
8. Kesaria; Kamla Mishra Madhukar CPI
9. Hajipur; Digvijay Narain Singh NCO
10. Muzaffarpur; Nawal Kishore Sinha INC
11. ≠Sitamarhi;; Nagendra Prasad Yadav INC
12. Pupri; Hari Kishore Singh INC
13. Jainagar; Bhogendra Jha CPI
14. Madhubani; Jagannath Mishra INC
15. Samastipur; Yamuna Prasad Mandal INC
16. Darbhanga; Vinoda Nand Jha INC
17. Rosera (SC); Ram Bhagat Paswan INC
18. Saharsa; Chiranjib Jha INC
19. Madhipura; Rajendra Prasad Yadav INC
20. Araria (SC); Tul Mohan Ram INC
21. Kishanganj; Jamilur Rahman INC
22. Purnea; Mohammad Tahir INC
23. Katihar; Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav BJS
24. Rajmahal (St); Iswar Marandi INC
25. Godda Jagdish N#Mandal INC
26. Dumka (St); Satya Charan Besra INC
27. Banka; Shiv Chandika Prasad INC
28. Bhagalpur; Bhagwat Jha Azad INC
29. Monghyr; Deonandan Prasad Yadav INC
30. Jamui (SC); Bhola Manjhi CPI
31. Khagaria; Shivshankar Prasad Yadav SSP
32. Begusarai; Shyamnandan Mishra NCO
33. Nalanda; Sedheshwar Prasad INC
34. Barh; Dharamvir Singh INC
35. Patna; Ramavatar Shastri CPI
36. Shahabad; Bali Ram Bhagat INC
37. Buxar; Anant Prasad Sharma INC
38. Bikramganj; Sheo Pujan Singh INC
39. Sasaram (SC); Jag Jiwan Ram INC
40. Aurangabad; Satyendra Narayan Sinha NCO
41. Jehanabad; Chandra Shekhar Sinha CPI
42. Nawada; Sukhdeo Prasad Verma INC
43. Gaya (SC); Ishwar Choudhary BJS
44. Chatra; Shankar Dayal Singh INC
45. Giridih; Chapalendu Bhattacharyya INC
46. Dhanbad; Ram Narain Sharma INC
47. Hazaribagh; Damodar Pandey INC
48. Ranchi; Prashant Kumar Ghosh INC
49. Jamshedpur; Sardar Swaran Singh INC
50. Singhbhum (St); Moran Singh Purty Jkp
51. Khunti (St); Nirel Enem Horo Ind
52. Lohardaga (St); Kartik Oraon INC
53. Palamau (SC); Kamla Kumari INC

## References

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* "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF FIFTH LOK SABHA(State wise)". Parliament of India. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

## External links

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf

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