1971 Indian general election in Bihar

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.

National parties

 * BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh
 * CPI Communist Party of India
 * CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)
 * INC Indian National Congress
 * NCO Indian National Congress (Organisation)
 * PSP Praja Socialist Party
 * SSP Samyukta Socialist Party
 * SWA Swatantra Party

List of successful candidates: Bihar

 * 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 NCO
 * 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 BJS
 * 24) Rajmahal (St); Iswar Marandi INC
 * 25) Godda 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 NCO
 * 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 NCO
 * 41) Jehanabad; Chandra Shekhar Sinha CPI
 * 42) Nawada; Sukhdeo Prasad Verma INC
 * 43) Gaya (SC); Ishwar Choudhary BJS
 * 44) Chatra; Shankar Dayal 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 INC
 * 50) Singhbhum (St); Moran Singh Purty Jkp
 * 51) Khunti (St); Nirel Enem Horo Ind
 * 52) Lohardaga (St); Kartik Oraon INC
 * 53) Palamau (SC); Kamla Kumari INC