State · 197140 of 518 seats
Bihar
Bihar elects 40 . INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS won 28 of 40 seats.
54Out of every 100 voters here, 54 voted. India: 55.
The numbers
Turnout
53.87%
−1.4 pts vs India
Electors
2.40crore
in 40 constituencies
Women MPs
0
of 0 women candidates
Candidates
311
0 women · NOTA 0.0%
Who won the 40 seats
one tile per constituency, grouped by party
Votes vs seats
pale = share of votes · solid = share of seats
Share of votesShare of seats
INC40% → 70%
CPI10% → 13%
NCO13% → 8%
BJS12% → 5%
SSP11% → 5%
Independent8% → 0%
SHD2% → 0%
Vote share
bars: % of valid votes · right: seats
Notable contests
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Constituencies
40 · tap one for the full result
Bhola Raut · INC1,39,63471.0%Kanchanbaitha · BJS47,99524.4%Third · PSP6,5613.3%
Turnout 36.8%Electors 5,44,044Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Bibhuti Mishra · INC1,55,86368.1%Harishanker Sharma · BJS25,95711.3%Third · NCO24,66110.8%
Turnout 43.1%Electors 5,40,484Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Kamal Nath Tiwari · INC1,45,96572.7%Ranvijai Sahi · Independent35,58817.7%Third · SSP16,1218.0%
Turnout 37.2%Electors 5,49,914Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Dwarika Nath Tiwary · INC1,91,10161.6%Sabha Pati Singh · SSP1,10,55535.6%Third · Independent2,3900.8%
Turnout 55.8%Electors 5,62,299Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Mohamad Yusuf · INC1,59,79452.2%Janardan Tiwari · BJS1,32,57343.3%Third · Independent7,3502.4%
Turnout 50.6%Electors 6,12,732Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh · INC1,29,13442.1%Satyadeo Singh · BKD89,96429.3%Third · PSP27,0218.8%
Turnout 49.8%Electors 6,24,439Candidates 12NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ramdeo Singh · SSP98,38633.7%Indra Deep Singh · CPI97,37833.4%Third · Independent90,92031.1%
Turnout 48.9%Electors 6,03,066Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Kamla Mishra Madhukar · CPI1,27,33852.3%Basudeo Narain Singh · NCO77,05131.6%Third · SHD39,27716.1%
Turnout 42.2%Electors 5,86,266Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Digvijay Narain Singh · NCO1,42,77135.8%Valmiki Chaudhary · INC1,35,68734.1%Third · SSP67,47216.9%
Turnout 64.5%Electors 6,22,672Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Nawal Kishore Sinha · INC2,45,00760.5%Mahesh Prasad Singh · NCO1,56,43338.6%Third · Independent1,8260.5%
Turnout 67.2%Electors 6,08,535Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Nagendra Prasad Yadav · INC2,17,41651.6%Thakur Jugal Kishore Singh · SSP1,88,69144.8%Third · Independent14,0393.3%
Turnout 67.3%Electors 6,31,884Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Hari Kishore Singh · INC2,19,52154.0%Tapeshwar Rai · BJS1,34,48833.1%Third · SSP18,8434.6%
Turnout 64.9%Electors 6,32,544Candidates 10NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Bhogendra Jha · CPI1,19,33335.0%Mahendra Narain Jha · INC88,40326.0%Third · BJS74,76622.0%
Turnout 55.0%Electors 6,26,757Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Jagannath Mishra · INC1,96,73555.6%Vinayak Pd. Yadav · SSP1,08,83430.7%Third · PSP22,1726.3%
Turnout 60.1%Electors 5,95,485Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Yamuna Prasad Mandal · INC1,66,82749.1%Valmiki Prasad Singh · BJS91,11126.8%Third · SSP73,35921.6%
Turnout 55.2%Electors 6,19,551Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Vinoda Nand Jha · INC1,30,26334.3%Surendra Jha Suman · BJS73,11719.3%Third · SSP54,69914.4%
Turnout 57.1%Electors 6,70,870Candidates 10NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ram Bhagat Paswan · INC1,03,42942.7%Ramsewak Hazari · SSP71,72229.6%Third · CPI53,86622.2%
Turnout 42.6%Electors 5,77,300Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Chiranjib Jha · INC1,56,16648.7%Gunanand Thakur · SSP79,82824.9%Third · NCO56,06017.5%
Turnout 54.2%Electors 6,02,165Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Rajendra Prasad Yadav · INC1,46,23246.2%Bindeshwari Pd. Mandal · SHD1,18,32337.4%Third · BJS44,79214.2%
Turnout 53.7%Electors 5,97,248Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Tul Mohan Ram · INC1,34,16266.6%Dumar Lal Baitha · NCO50,97725.3%Third · PSP7,4863.7%
Turnout 39.2%Electors 5,27,567Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Jamilur Rahman · INC1,22,61958.5%Bal Krishna Jha · BJS41,70519.9%Third · Independent20,1829.6%
Turnout 41.8%Electors 5,13,860Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Mohammad Tahir · INC56,97727.7%Z. A. Ahmad · CPI36,81317.9%Third · NCO33,84616.5%
Turnout 38.8%Electors 5,51,113Candidates 11NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav · BJS96,42235.0%Sita Ram Keshri · INC83,53330.4%Third · CPI(M)31,99311.6%
Turnout 50.8%Electors 5,63,718Candidates 11NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Shiv Chandika Prasad · INC80,01729.8%Vasudeo Yadav · CPI68,94225.7%Third · BJS66,08524.6%
Turnout 49.2%Electors 5,59,147Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Bhagwat Jha Azad · INC1,46,88146.9%Rameshwar Nath Tewari · CPI85,84227.4%Third · NCO70,97422.7%
Turnout 53.1%Electors 6,06,019Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Deonandan Prasad Yadav · INC1,50,48239.5%Madhu Limye · SSP1,24,80632.8%Third · Independent97,00025.4%
Turnout 65.3%Electors 5,92,073Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Bhola Manjhi · CPI1,62,26648.6%Nayan Tara Das · NCO1,21,13736.3%Third · INC35,61410.7%
Turnout 51.8%Electors 6,54,630Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Shivshankar Prasad Yadav · SSP73,59421.3%Sumitra Devi · INC73,04621.1%Third · Independent69,38720.0%
Turnout 55.6%Electors 6,33,193Candidates 10NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Shyamnandan Mishra · NCO1,34,83638.5%Yogendra Sharma · CPI1,29,37436.9%Third · INC43,67912.5%
Turnout 56.9%Electors 6,28,724Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Sedheshwar Prasad · INC2,23,39857.9%Shyam Sunder Prasad · BJS93,69824.3%Third · NCO42,25911.0%
Turnout 62.0%Electors 6,31,607Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Dharamvir Singh · INC1,84,48448.1%Tarkeshwari Sinha · NCO1,53,04439.9%Third · Independent16,3274.3%
Turnout 61.2%Electors 6,35,516Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ramavatar Shastri · CPI1,91,91150.8%Kailash Pati Mishra · BJS1,14,48530.3%Third · SHD34,2309.1%
Turnout 57.3%Electors 6,70,979Candidates 12NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Bali Ram Bhagat · INC1,93,39654.3%Tapeshwar Singh · NCO1,21,95334.3%Third · SSP23,4736.6%
Turnout 60.5%Electors 6,02,036Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Anant Prasad Sharma · INC1,12,54139.3%Ram Subhag Singh · NCO82,47728.8%Third · CPI49,40317.3%
Turnout 48.7%Electors 6,05,435Candidates 13NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Sheo Pujan Singh · INC1,88,41455.6%Kumar Balawant Singh · BJS93,36827.6%Third · Independent14,4524.3%
Turnout 54.8%Electors 6,31,135Candidates 13NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Jag Jiwan Ram · INC2,10,35366.9%Mahabir Pasawan · NCO88,15328.1%Third · Independent6,4212.0%
Turnout 52.6%Electors 6,12,265Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Satyendra Narayan Sinha · NCO2,16,64761.2%Mudrika Sinha · INC1,25,54835.5%Third · Independent3,6581.0%
Turnout 59.3%Electors 6,09,643Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Chandra Shekhar Sinha · CPI1,63,73342.2%Vivekanand Sharma · BJS1,41,31536.4%Third · SSP64,94316.7%
Turnout 64.8%Electors 6,08,878Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Sukhdeo Prasad Verma · INC1,52,56938.7%Mahanth Surya Prakash Narayan Puri · Independent99,28825.2%Third · BJS82,23520.9%
Turnout 63.1%Electors 6,34,509Candidates 11NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ishwar Choudhary · BJS1,11,03844.9%Suresh Kumar · INC1,03,93942.0%Third · SSP14,7816.0%
Turnout 47.0%Electors 5,39,404Candidates 10NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Bihar in every Lok Sabha election
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About this data
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the 1971 Lok Sabha election (detailed results, list of winners, list of parties). Vote shares are of valid votes, excluding NOTA, as ECI reports them. Turnout here is votes counted (including NOTA) divided by electors, so it runs slightly below ECI's official figure, which also counts rejected votes.
Held before Meghalaya and Mizoram became separate: the Assam seats include theirs.
Constituencies of today's Telangana (15), Jharkhand (13), Chhattisgarh (10), Uttarakhand (5) are placed there by name; at the time they were part of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and a few boundaries straddled the present state lines.
1 seat was won unopposed, so no poll was held there.
Map boundaries are approximate and for illustration.