1971 Indian general election in Bihar

The 1971 Indian general election in Bihar were held to elect the 53 members from Bihar to constitute the 5th Lok Sabha. Over 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

Statistics

Size of electorate: Bihar

MenWomenTotal
1,62,71,5821,47,48,3693,10,19,951
Voter turnoutPoll PercentageNo. of polling stations
1,51,86,62848.96%36,487

List of elected MPs

# Constituency Elected MP Party
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 INC(O)
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 ABJS
24 Rajmahal (ST) Iswar Marandi INC
25 Bodda 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 INC(O)
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 INC(O)
41 Jehanabad Chandra Shekhar Sinha CPI
42 Nawada Sukhdeo Prasad Verma INC
43 Gaya (SC) Ishwar Choudhary ABJS
44 Chatra Shankar Dyal 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 Sokhi INC
50 Singhbhum (ST) Moran Singh Purty All India Jharkhand Party
51 Khunti (ST) Nirel Enem Horo Independent
52 Lohardaga (ST) Kartik Oraon INC
53 Palamau (SC) Kamla Kumari INC

References

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