1970 By-elections

Bihar

4 seats contested

By-elections held in Bihar during 1970 — 4 seats were contested, not the full assembly. Results are shown as a table: a map of a handful of seats would leave the rest of the state blank, which reads as "no result" rather than "not contested". Seat shares below are of the seats contested here, not of the assembly.

Seats won by party

IND250.0%
BJS125.0%
JAP125.0%

Also polled — no seats won

NCJ9.4%

SSP8.4%

CPM2.3%

JKP1.3%

Vote share of the vote across the seats contested here. Parties below 1% are not shown.

#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes	Share	Margin	Turnout
29	Mairwa	R.RAM	BJS	14,674	38.4%	2,558	—
257	Gobindpur	G.DEVI	IND	46,279	63.4%	22,316	—
269	Chatra	P.N.SINGH	JAP	13,371	46.7%	6,574	—
297	Torpa	B.S,MUNDA	IND	13,797	48.8%	4,428	—

Election data: ECI