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Constituency

44. Garkha

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-GARKHA

INC 57.4%won by 22.5%SSP 34.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 22.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 38.0% to 57.4% of the vote here (+19.4%).
  • New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 34.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.2% of the vote between them, up from 78.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
37,876
Margin
8,536
22.54%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSSP swing
−15.4%
INC share
38.0% 57.4%
SSP share
0.0% 34.9%
Turnout