Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Giridih

Chapalendu Bhattacharyya (INC) won by 4,154 votes (2.4%).

Electors
5,30,962
Votes polled
1,80,711
Valid votes
1,75,164
Turnout
34.0%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1971-01-03

Margin vs 1971 national median: 2.4% (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%)Party held vs 1998
Margin · 1999
3.7%(-7.2%)
Turnout
48.5%(-8.8%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
89.7%

Winning margin over time · Giridih

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199934%

Candidates

Candidates · Giridih 1971
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Chapalendu BhattacharyyaWinnerINC67,04638.3%
2Krishna Ballabh SahayNCO62,89235.9%
3Chaturanan MishraCPI32,16818.4%
4Shanker Lal RungtaIND6,7273.8%
5Indra Narayan SinghJKP4,7422.7%
6Hemlal PraganitIND1,5890.9%

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