Election
Constituency

15. Dhaka

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-DHAKA

INC 42.7%won by 7.0%BJS 35.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 30.8% to 42.7% of the vote here (+11.9%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 35.7% — it polled just 1.7% in 1967.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
48,231
Margin
3,368
6.98%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MASODUR RAHMANIndian National Congress · INC20,59242.7%
  2. 2RAM BAHADUR PRASAD SINHABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS17,22435.7%
  3. 3NEK MOHAMMAD AKHTARCommunist Party of India · CPI7,92116.4%
  4. 4KAPILDEO NARAIN SHARMALTC · LTC1,9534.0%
  5. 5NAG NARAIN THAKURSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP5411.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
PSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJS swing
−22.1%
INC share
30.8% → 42.7%
BJS share
1.7% → 35.7%
Turnout
— → —
14. Ghorasahan16. Patabi
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