Election
Constituency

71. Majorganj

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-MAJORGANJ

SSP 44.6%won by 19.8%BJS 24.8%

What changed here

Derived

Samyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.4% to 19.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.5% between them, down from 83.9% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
43,272
Margin
8,556
19.77%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
SSP
SSPBJS swing
−27.3%
SSP share
59.6% 44.6%
BJS share
12.6% 24.8%
Turnout