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37. Manjhi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-MANJHI

INC 43.9%won by 0.9%SSP 43.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 32.8% to 43.9% of the vote here (+11.1%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 472 votes (0.92%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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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not in source
Valid votes
51,503
Margin
472
0.92%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMESHWAR DUT SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC22,61343.9%
  2. 2RAM BAHADUR SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP22,14143.0%
  3. 3JANARDAN PANDEBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,6159.0%
  4. 4KAMAL DEO SINGHJan Asra Party · JAP9031.8%
  5. 5YADUNATH PANDEYBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD6231.2%
  6. 6AKHILANAND SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI6081.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–SSP swing
+18.0%
INC share
32.8% → 43.9%
SSP share
49.8% → 43.0%
Turnout
— → —
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