Bihar 1947 1999 · 1971
State seat map, party leadership, and constituency results.
- Seats
- 53
- Turnout
- 49.0%
- Electors
- 3,10,19,951
- Votes polled
- 1,51,86,628
- NOTA
- 0
- Leading party
- INC
Party leaderboard
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53 of 53 seats shown
Constituencies
| Constituency | Category | Winner | Runner-up | Vote share | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Araria | GEN | Tul Mohan Ram (INC) | Dumar Lal Baitha (NCO) | 66.6% | 83,185 (41.3%) | 39.2% |
| Aurangabad | GEN | Satyendra Narayan Sinha (NCO) | Mudrika Sinha (INC) | 61.2% | 91,099 (25.7%) | 59.3% |
| BODDA | GEN | Jagdish N. Mandal (INC) | Prabhudayal Himat Singhka (NCO) | 47.6% | 48,141 (25.1%) | 35.9% |
| Bagaha | SC | Bhola Raut (INC) | Kanchanbaitha (BJS) | 71.0% | 91,639 (46.6%) | 36.8% |
| Banka | GEN | Shiv Chandika Prasad (INC) | Vasudeo Yadav (CPI) | 29.8% | 11,075 (4.1%) | 49.2% |
| Barh | GEN | Dharamvir Singh (INC) | Tarkeshwari Sinha (NCO) | 48.1% | 31,440 (8.2%) | 61.2% |
| Begusarai | GEN | Shyamnandan Mishra (NCO) | Yogendra Sharma (CPI) | 38.5% | 5,462 (1.6%) | 56.9% |
| Bettiah | GEN | Kamal Nath Tiwari (INC) | Ranvijai Sahi (IND) | 72.7% | 1,10,377 (55.0%) | 37.2% |
| Bhagalpur | GEN | Bhagwat Jha Azad (INC) | Rameshwar Nath Tewari (CPI) | 46.9% | 61,039 (19.5%) | 53.1% |
| Bikramganj | GEN | Sheo Pujan Singh (INC) | Kumar Balawant Singh (BJS) | 55.6% | 95,046 (28.0%) | 54.8% |
| Buxar | GEN | Anant Prasad Sharma (INC) | Ram Subhag Singh (NCO) | 39.3% | 30,064 (10.5%) | 48.7% |
| Chapra | GEN | Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh (INC) | Satyadeo Singh (BKD) | 42.1% | 39,170 (12.8%) | 49.8% |
| Chatra | SC | Shankar Dyal Singh (INC) | Vijay Raje (JAP) | 43.2% | 10,081 (6.4%) | 29.4% |
| Darbhanga | GEN | Vinoda Nand Jha (INC) | Surendra Jha Suman (BJS) | 34.3% | 57,146 (15.1%) | 57.2% |
| Dhanbad | GEN | Ram Narain Sharma (INC) | Vinod Vihari Mahto (CPM) | 46.4% | 70,923 (30.7%) | 41.8% |
| Dumka | ST | Satya Charan Besra (INC) | Satrughan Besra (CPI) | 35.4% | 10,084 (6.3%) | 31.6% |
| Gaya | SC | Ishwar Choudhary (BJS) | Suresh Kumar (INC) | 44.9% | 7,099 (2.9%) | 47.0% |
| Giridih | GEN | Chapalendu Bhattacharyya (INC) | Krishna Ballabh Sahay (NCO) | 38.3% | 4,154 (2.4%) | 34.0% |
| Gopalganj | GEN | Dwarika Nath Tiwary (INC) | Sabha Pati Singh (SSP) | 61.6% | 80,546 (26.0%) | 55.8% |
| Hajipur | GEN | Digvijay Narain Singh (NCO) | Valmiki Chaudhary (INC) | 35.8% | 7,084 (1.8%) | 64.5% |
| Hazaribagh | GEN | Damodar Pandey (INC) | Lalita Rajya Lakshmi (JAP) | 32.8% | 10,988 (6.3%) | 31.0% |
| JAINAGAR | GEN | Bhogendra Jha (CPI) | Mahendra Narain Jha (INC) | 35.0% | 30,930 (9.1%) | 55.0% |
| JEHANABAD | GEN | Chandra Shekhar Sinha (CPI) | Vivekanand Sharma (BJS) | 42.2% | 22,418 (5.8%) | 64.8% |
| Jamshedpur | GEN | Sardar Swaran Singh (INC) | Kedar Das (CPI) | 27.5% | 206 (0.1%) | 30.0% |
| Jamui | GEN | Bhola Manjhi (CPI) | Nayan Tara Das (NCO) | 48.6% | 41,129 (12.3%) | 51.8% |
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Party board
| Party | Seats won | Contested | Vote share | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | 39 | 47 | 40.1% | 59,67,512 |
| CPI | 5 | 17 | 9.8% | 14,67,157 |
| NCO | 3 | 24 | 11.5% | 17,14,334 |
| BJS | 2 | 28 | 12.1% | 18,01,785 |
| SSP | 2 | 28 | 9.5% | 14,10,438 |
| IND | 1 | 183 | 9.1% | 13,56,370 |
| JKP | 1 | 16 | 0.9% | 1,35,179 |
| SHD | 0 | 4 | 1.3% | 1,93,389 |
| PSP | 0 | 12 | 1.1% | 1,68,806 |
| BKD | 0 | 14 | 0.9% | 1,39,597 |
| JAP | 0 | 4 | 0.9% | 1,39,091 |
| CPM | 0 | 4 | 0.8% | 1,13,373 |
| PHJ | 0 | 6 | 0.4% | 66,669 |
| HSD | 0 | 9 | 0.4% | 65,925 |
| MUL | 0 | 2 | 0.3% | 39,526 |
| SWA | 0 | 3 | 0.2% | 35,332 |
| FBL | 0 | 3 | 0.2% | 25,993 |
| PBI | 0 | 5 | 0.1% | 17,545 |
| SUC | 0 | 3 | 0.1% | 13,614 |
| RRP | 0 | 2 | 0.1% | 11,000 |
| BRP | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 4,982 |
| SOC | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 3,147 |
| ISP | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 2,615 |
| RCI | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1,193 |
| RSM | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 848 |
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