Constituency
20. Harsidhi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1969
BR-HARSIDHI
INC 30.0%won by 6.8%IND 23.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.8%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.2% between them, down from 87.2% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
34,452
Margin
2,337
6.78%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1NAGESHWAR DUTTA PATHAKIndian National Congress · INC10,33430.0%
- 2HEDAYETULLAH KHANIndependent · IND7,99723.2%
- 3YUGAL KISHORE PD. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,17820.8%
- 4RAM LOCHAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI4,25412.3%
- 5S. M. ABDULLAHBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD2,0896.1%
- 6NEK MOHAMMADIndependent · IND1,2303.6%
- 7ONKAR MALJALANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7942.3%
- 8RAMKRIPAL PRASADIndependent · IND5761.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −25.0%
- INC share
- 31.8% → 30.0%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 23.2%
- Turnout
- — → —