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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Vijoy 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.<br />
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==National parties==<br />
*BJS [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]<br />
*CPI [[Communist Party of India]]<br />
*CPM [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
*INC [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
*NCO [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]<br />
*PSP [[Praja Socialist Party]]<br />
*SSP [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]<br />
*SWA [[Swatantra Party]]<br />
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==Statistics==<br />
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===Size of electorate: Bihar===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Men !! Women !! Total<br />
|-<br />
| 16271582 || 14748369 || 31019951<br />
|}<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Voter turnout !! Poll Percentage !! No. of polling stations<br />
|-<br />
| 15186628 || 48.96% || 36487<br />
|}<br />
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==List of successful candidates: Bihar==<br />
#Bagaha (SC); Bhola Raut INC<br />
#Motihari; Bibhuti Mishra INC<br />
#Bettiah; Kamal Nath Tiwari INC<br />
#Gopalganj; Dwarika Nath Tiwary INC<br />
#Siwan; Mohamad Yusuf INC<br />
#Chapra; Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh INC<br />
#Maharajganj; Ramdeo Singh SSP<br />
#Kesaria; Kamla Mishra Madhukar CPI<br />
#Hajipur; Digvijay Narain Singh NCO<br />
#Muzaffarpur; Nawal Kishore Sinha INC<br />
#≠Sitamarhi;; Nagendra Prasad Yadav INC<br />
#Pupri; Hari Kishore Singh INC<br />
#Jainagar; Bhogendra Jha CPI<br />
#Madhubani; [[Jagannath Mishra]] INC<br />
#Samastipur; Yamuna Prasad Mandal INC<br />
#Darbhanga; Vinoda Nand Jha INC<br />
#Rosera (SC); Ram Bhagat Paswan INC<br />
#Saharsa; Chiranjib Jha INC<br />
#Madhipura; Rajendra Prasad Yadav INC<br />
#Araria (SC); Tul Mohan Ram INC<br />
#Kishanganj; Jamilur Rahman INC<br />
#Purnea; Mohammad Tahir INC<br />
#Katihar; Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav BJS<br />
#Rajmahal (St); Iswar Marandi INC<br />
#Godda Jagdish N#Mandal INC<br />
#Dumka (St); Satya Charan Besra INC<br />
#Banka; Shiv Chandika Prasad INC<br />
#Bhagalpur; [[Bhagwat Jha Azad]] INC<br />
#Monghyr; Deonandan Prasad Yadav INC<br />
#Jamui (SC); [[Bhola Manjhi]] CPI<br />
#Khagaria; Shivshankar Prasad Yadav SSP<br />
#Begusarai; Shyamnandan Mishra NCO<br />
#Nalanda; [[Sedheshwar Prasad]] INC<br />
#Barh; Dharamvir Singh INC<br />
#Patna; Ramavatar Shastri CPI<br />
#Shahabad; [[Bali Ram Bhagat]] INC<br />
#Buxar; [[Anant Sharma|Anant Prasad Sharma]] INC<br />
#Bikramganj; Sheo Pujan Singh INC<br />
#Sasaram (SC); '''[[Jag Jiwan Ram]]''' INC<br />
#Aurangabad; [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]] NCO<br />
#Jehanabad; Chandra Shekhar Sinha CPI<br />
#Nawada; Sukhdeo Prasad Verma INC<br />
#Gaya (SC); Ishwar Choudhary BJS<br />
#Chatra; [[Shankar Dayal Singh]] INC<br />
#Giridih; Chapalendu Bhattacharyya INC<br />
#Dhanbad; [[Ram Narain Sharma]] INC<br />
#Hazaribagh; Damodar Pandey INC<br />
#Ranchi; Prashant Kumar Ghosh INC<br />
#Jamshedpur; Sardar Swaran Singh INC<br />
#Singhbhum (St); Moran Singh Purty Jkp<br />
#Khunti (St); Nirel Enem Horo Ind<br />
#Lohardaga (St); Kartik Oraon INC<br />
#Palamau (SC); Kamla Kumari INC<br />
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== References ==<br />
<references /><br />
* {{cite web|title=BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF FIFTH LOK SABHA(State wise)|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok05/state/05lsbi.htm|publisher=Parliament of India|access-date=9 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207153140/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok05/state/05lsbi.htm|archive-date=7 February 2012|url-status=dead}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf<br />
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