1971
196719621957Total Constituencies: 53
Bihar Lok Sabha Election 1971 covered all 53 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The INC received the highest statewide vote share at 40.06% and won 39 seats, while the BJS received 12.10% of the vote and won 2 seats. The NCO won 3 seats with 11.51% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Bihar.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | 39 | 40.06% | 44.71% | 59,67,512 | |
| BJS | 28 | 2 | 12.10% | 24.09% | 18,01,785 |
| NCO | 24 | 3 | 11.51% | 24.23% | 17,14,334 |
| 17 | 5 | 9.85% | 30.80% | 14,67,157 | |
| SSP | 28 | 2 | 9.47% | 17.15% | 14,10,438 |
| IND | 51 | 1 | 9.11% | 9.43% | 13,56,370 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Bagaha (Sc) | Bhola Raut | INC | 1,39,634 | Kanchanbaitha | BJS | 47,995 | 91,639 | 46.59 |
| Motihari | Bibhuti Mishra | INC | 1,55,863 | Harishanker Sharma | BJS | 25,957 | 1,29,906 | 56.78 |
| Bettiah | Kamal Nath Tiwari | INC | 1,45,965 | Ranvijai Sahi | IND | 35,588 | 1,10,377 | 54.98 |
| Gopalganj | Dwarika Nath Tiwary | INC | 1,91,101 | Sabha Pati Singh | SSP | 1,10,555 | 80,546 | 25.97 |
| Siwan | Mohamad Yusuf | INC | 1,59,794 | Janardan Tiwari | BJS | 1,32,573 | 27,221 | 8.9 |
| Chapra | Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh | INC | 1,29,134 | Satyadeo Singh | BKD | 89,964 | 39,170 | 12.77 |
| Maharajganj | Ramdeo Singh | SSP | 98,386 | Indra Deep Singh | CPI | 97,378 | 1,008 | 0.34 |
| Kesaria | Kamla Mishra Madhukar | CPI | 1,27,338 | Basudeo Narain Singh | NCO | 77,051 | 50,287 | 20.64 |
| Hajipur | Digvijay Narain Singh | NCO | 1,42,771 | Valmiki Chaudhary | INC | 1,35,687 | 7,084 | 1.78 |
| Muzaffarpur | Nawal Kishore Sinha | INC | 2,45,007 | Mahesh Prasad Singh | NCO | 1,56,433 | 88,574 | 21.87 |
| Sitamarhi | Nagendra Prasad Yadav | INC | 2,17,416 | Thakur Jugal Kishore Singh | SSP | 1,88,691 | 28,725 | 6.83 |
| Pupri | Hari Kishore Singh | INC | 2,19,521 | Tapeshwar Rai | BJS | 1,34,488 | 85,033 | 20.91 |
| Jainagar | Bhogendra Jha | CPI | 1,19,333 | Mahendra Narain Jha | INC | 88,403 | 30,930 | 9.09 |
| Madhubani | Jagannath Mishra | INC | 1,96,735 | Vinayak Pd. Yadav | SSP | 1,08,834 | 87,901 | 24.82 |
| Samastipur | Yamuna Prasad Mandal | INC | 1,66,827 | Valmiki Prasad Singh | BJS | 91,111 | 75,716 | 22.3 |
| Darbhanga | Vinoda Nand Jha | INC | 1,30,263 | Surendra Jha Suman | BJS | 73,117 | 57,146 | 15.06 |
| Rosera (Sc) | Ram Bhagat Paswan | INC | 1,03,429 | Ramsewak Hazari | SSP | 71,722 | 31,707 | 13.08 |
| Saharsa | Chiranjib Jha | INC | 1,56,166 | Gunanand Thakur | SSP | 79,828 | 76,338 | 23.82 |
| Madhipura | Rajendra Prasad Yadav | INC | 1,46,232 | Bindeshwari Pd. Mandal | SHD | 1,18,323 | 27,909 | 8.82 |
| Araria (Sc) | Tul Mohan Ram | INC | 1,34,162 | Dumar Lal Baitha | NCO | 50,977 | 83,185 | 41.27 |
| Kishanganj | Jamilur Rahman | INC | 1,22,619 | Bal Krishna Jha | BJS | 41,705 | 80,914 | 38.62 |
| Purnea | Mohammad Tahir | INC | 56,977 | Z. A. Ahmad | CPI | 36,813 | 20,164 | 9.81 |
| Katihar | Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav | BJS | 96,422 | Sita Ram Keshri | INC | 83,533 | 12,889 | 4.68 |
| Rajmahal (St) | Iswar Marandi | INC | 55,958 | Justin Richard | PHJ | 37,193 | 18,765 | 15.01 |
| Bodda | Jagdish N. Mandal | INC | 91,549 | Prabhudayal Himat Singhka | NCO | 43,408 | 48,141 | 25.05 |
| Dumka (St) | Satya Charan Besra | INC | 56,888 | Satrughan Besra | CPI | 46,804 | 10,084 | 6.28 |
| Banka | Shiv Chandika Prasad | INC | 80,017 | Vasudeo Yadav | CPI | 68,942 | 11,075 | 4.13 |
| Bhagalpur | Bhagwat Jha Azad | INC | 1,46,881 | Rameshwar Nath Tewari | CPI | 85,842 | 61,039 | 19.49 |
| Monghyr | Deonandan Prasad Yadav | INC | 1,50,482 | Madhu Limye | SSP | 1,24,806 | 25,676 | 6.74 |
| Jamui (Sc) | Bhola Manjhi | CPI | 1,62,266 | Nayan Tara Das | NCO | 1,21,137 | 41,129 | 12.33 |
| Khagaria | Shivshankar Prasad Yadav | SSP | 73,594 | Sumitra Devi | INC | 73,046 | 548 | 0.16 |
| Begusarai | Shyamnandan Mishra | NCO | 1,34,836 | Yogendra Sharma | CPI | 1,29,374 | 5,462 | 1.56 |
| Nalanda | Sedheshwar Prasad | INC | 2,23,398 | Shyam Sunder Prasad | BJS | 93,698 | 1,29,700 | 33.63 |
| Barh | Dharamvir Singh | INC | 1,84,484 | Tarkeshwari Sinha | NCO | 1,53,044 | 31,440 | 8.2 |
| Patna | Ramavatar Shastri | CPI | 1,91,911 | Kailash Pati Mishra | BJS | 1,14,485 | 77,426 | 20.48 |
| Shahabad | Bali Ram Bhagat | INC | 1,93,396 | Tapeshwar Singh | NCO | 1,21,953 | 71,443 | 20.07 |
| Buxar | Anant Prasad Sharma | INC | 1,12,541 | Ram Subhag Singh | NCO | 82,477 | 30,064 | 10.51 |
| Bikramganj | Sheo Pujan Singh | INC | 1,88,414 | Kumar Balawant Singh | BJS | 93,368 | 95,046 | 28.05 |
| Sasaram (Sc) | Jag Jiwan Ram | INC | 2,10,353 | Mahabir Pasawan | NCO | 88,153 | 1,22,200 | 38.88 |
| Aurangabad | Satyendra Narayan Sinha | NCO | 2,16,647 | Mudrika Sinha | INC | 1,25,548 | 91,099 | 25.74 |
| Jehanabad | Chandra Shekhar Sinha | CPI | 1,63,733 | Vivekanand Sharma | BJS | 1,41,315 | 22,418 | 5.78 |
| Nawada | Sukhdeo Prasad Verma | INC | 1,52,569 | Mahanth Surya Prakash Narayan Puri | IND | 99,288 | 53,281 | 13.52 |
| Gaya (Sc) | Ishwar Choudhary | BJS | 1,11,038 | Suresh Kumar | INC | 1,03,939 | 7,099 | 2.86 |
| Chatra | Shankar Dyal Singh | INC | 67,786 | Vijay Raje | JAP | 57,705 | 10,081 | 6.43 |
| Giridih | Chapalendu Bhattacharyya | INC | 67,046 | Krishna Ballabh Sahay | NCO | 62,892 | 4,154 | 2.38 |
| Dhanbad | Ram Narain Sharma | INC | 1,07,308 | Vinod Vihari Mahto | CPM | 36,385 | 70,923 | 30.68 |
| Hazaribagh | Damodar Pandey | INC | 56,831 | Lalita Rajya Lakshmi | JAP | 45,843 | 10,988 | 6.34 |
| Ranchi | Prashant Kumar Ghosh | INC | 79,497 | Rudra Pratap Sarangi | BJS | 63,077 | 16,420 | 8.95 |
| Jamshedpur | Sardar Swaran Singh | INC | 48,073 | Kedar Das | CPI | 47,867 | 206 | 0.12 |
| Singhbhum (St) | Moran Singh Purty | JKP | 32,935 | Devendra Nath Champia | IND | 20,596 | 12,339 | 15.25 |
| Khunti (St) | Nirel Enem Horo | IND | 50,489 | Kadia Munda | BJS | 47,675 | 2,814 | 1.7 |
| Lohardaga (St) | Kartik Oraon | INC | 1,02,376 | Ropna Oraon | BJS | 35,890 | 66,486 | 34.92 |
| Palamau (Sc) | Kamla Kumari | INC | 85,371 | Ramdeo Ram | BJS | 51,148 | 34,223 | 20.55 |