Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Banka

Shiv Chandika Prasad (INC) won by 11,075 votes (4.1%).

Electors
5,59,147
Votes polled
2,75,068
Valid votes
2,68,529
Turnout
49.2%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1971-01-03

Margin vs 1971 national median: 4.1% (median 21.5%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1971 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Marginal (2–5%)Flipped vs 1998
Margin · 1999
3.4%(+1.8%)
Turnout
59.8%(-6.6%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
71.1%

Winning margin over time · Banka

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199948%

Candidates

Candidates · Banka 1971
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Shiv Chandika PrasadWinnerINC80,01729.8%
2Vasudeo YadavCPI68,94225.7%
3Veni Shankar SharmaBJS66,08524.6%
4Guneshwar SinghSSP29,33310.9%
5Bhubneshwar PandeyFBL7,4652.8%
6Radhey Shyam RaiSWA5,3882.0%
7Shyam Narayan SinghHSD4,8971.8%
8Munshi ManjhiPHJ3,9241.5%
9Kampa MurmuJKP2,4780.9%

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