1971 Indian general election in Bihar

none 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 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 Statistics Size of electorate: Bihar Men Women Total 1,62,71,582 1,47,48,369 3,10,19,951 Voter turnout Poll Percentage No. of polling stations 1,51,86,628 48.96% 36,487 List of elected MPs #ConstituencyElected MPParty1Bagaha (SC)Bhola RautIndian National Congress2MotihariBibhuti MishraIndian National Congress3BettiahKamal Nath TiwariIndian National Congress4GopalganjDwarika Nath TiwaryIndian National Congress5SiwanMohamad YusufIndian National Congress6ChapraRam Shekhar Prasad SinghIndian National Congress7MaharajganjRamdeo SinghSamyukta Socialist Party8KesariaKamla Mishra MadhukarCommunist Party of India9HajipurDigvijay Narain SinghIndian National Congress (Organisation)10MuzaffarpurNawal Kishore SinhaIndian National Congress11SitamarhiNagendra Prasad YadavIndian National Congress12PupriHari Kishore SinghIndian National Congress13JainagarBhogendra JhaCommunist Party of India14MadhubaniJagannath MishraIndian National Congress15SamastipurYamuna Prasad MandalIndian National Congress16DarbhangaVinoda Nand JhaIndian National Congress17Rosera (SC)Ram Bhagat PaswanIndian National Congress18SaharsaChiranjib JhaIndian National Congress19MadhipuraRajendra Prasad YadavIndian National Congress20Araria (SC)Tul Mohan RamIndian National Congress21KishanganjJamilur RahmanIndian National Congress22PurneaMohammad TahirIndian National Congress23KatiharGyaneshwar Prasad YadavBharatiya Jana Sangh24Rajmahal (ST)Iswar MarandiIndian National Congress25BoddaJagdish N. MandalIndian National Congress26Dumka (ST)Satya Charan BesraIndian National Congress27BankaShiv Chandika PrasadIndian National Congress28BhagalpurBhagwat Jha AzadIndian National Congress29MonghyrDeonandan Prasad YadavIndian National Congress30Jamui (SC)Bhola ManjhiCommunist Party of India31KhagariaShivshankar Prasad YadavSamyukta Socialist Party32BegusaraiShyamnandan MishraIndian National Congress (Organisation)33NalandaSedheshwar PrasadIndian National Congress34BarhDharamvir SinghIndian National Congress35PatnaRamavatar ShastriCommunist Party of India36ShahabadBali Ram BhagatIndian National Congress37BuxarAnant Prasad SharmaIndian National Congress38BikramganjSheo Pujan SinghIndian National Congress39Sasaram (SC)Jag Jiwan RamIndian National Congress40AurangabadSatyendra Narayan SinhaIndian National Congress (Organisation)41JehanabadChandra Shekhar SinhaCommunist Party of India42NawadaSukhdeo Prasad VermaIndian National Congress43Gaya (SC)Ishwar ChoudharyBharatiya Jana Sangh44ChatraShankar Dyal SinghIndian National Congress45GiridihChapalendu BhattacharyyaIndian National Congress46DhanbadRam Narain SharmaIndian National Congress47HazaribaghDamodar PandeyIndian National Congress48RanchiPrashant Kumar GhoshIndian National Congress49JamshedpurSardar Swaran Singh SokhiIndian National Congress50Singhbhum (ST)Moran Singh PurtyAll India Jharkhand Party51Khunti (ST)Nirel Enem HoroIndependent52Lohardaga (ST)Kartik OraonIndian National Congress53Palamau (SC)Kamla KumariIndian National Congress References BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF FIFTH LOK SABHA(State wise) http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok05/state/05lsbi.htm Parliament of India 9 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120207153140/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok05/state/05lsbi.htm 7 February 2012 dead External links https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf Bihar Category:Indian general elections in Bihar Category:1970s in Bihar