Election
Constituency

46. Sonepur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-SONEPUR

INC 46.0%won by 19.5%CPI 26.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.2% to 19.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • 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
63,729
Margin
12,412
19.48%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM JAIPAL SINGH YADAVIndian National Congress · INC29,33146.0%
  2. 2SHEO VACHAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI16,91926.5%
  3. 3HARENDRA PRASAD SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS12,92920.3%
  4. 4RAM CHANDRA SINGH PATHIKPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,6212.5%
  5. 5RAMANUJ RAISamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,4902.3%
  6. 6SHITAL RAIIndependent · IND6151.0%
  7. 7VISHWANATH UPADHYAYJan Asra Party · JAP5780.9%
  8. 8CHANDRIKA SINGHBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD2460.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−4.2%
INC share
45.6% → 46.0%
CPI share
21.9% → 26.5%
Turnout
— → —
45. Parsa47. Hajipur
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