Constituency
8. Bettiah
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1969
BR-BETTIAH
INC 54.9%won by 17.8%BJS 37.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 24.3% to 54.9% of the vote here (+30.7%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.0% of the vote between them, up from 64.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
43,647
Margin
7,781
17.83%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1GAURI SHANKER PANDEIndian National Congress · INC23,97554.9%
- 2GOPAL RAIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS16,19437.1%
- 3JILDAR RAMJan Asra Party · JAP2,4195.5%
- 4RAMESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND4451.0%
- 5KHURSED ALAMSwatantra Party · SWA4441.0%
- 6ALA UDINPraja Socialist Party · PSP1700.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +12.1%
- INC share
- 24.3% → 54.9%
- BJS share
- 18.5% → 37.1%
- Turnout
- — → —