Constituency
57. Baruraj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1969
BR-BARURAJ
INC 39.4%won by 13.9%PSP 25.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 45.9% to 39.4% of the vote here (−6.5%).
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 25.5% — it polled just 1.8% in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.9% between them, down from 95.6% — 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
58,850
Margin
8,163
13.87%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RAMCHANDRA PD. SHAHIIndian National Congress · INC23,18539.4%
- 2YAMUNA SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP15,02225.5%
- 3MAHANTH SUKDEO GIRISHD · SHD11,91720.2%
- 4KEDAR NATH GUPTASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP7,60212.9%
- 5BISHWANATH DUBEYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,1241.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–PSP swing
- −30.2%
- INC share
- 45.9% → 39.4%
- PSP share
- 1.8% → 25.5%
- Turnout
- — → —