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96. Samastipur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-SAMASTIPUR

SSP 35.8%won by 10.7%INC 25.1%

What changed here

Derived

Samyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.4% to 10.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.9% between them, down from 80.7% — the field split more ways.

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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Valid votes
48,017
Margin
5,161
10.75%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SSP
  1. 1RAJENDRA NARAIN SHARMASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP17,19335.8%
  2. 2YUGAL KISHORE PRASAD SINHAIndian National Congress · INC12,03225.1%
  3. 3DHANUKHI RAICommunist Party of India · CPI9,23919.2%
  4. 4RAM PRAWESH SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,31615.2%
  5. 5RAWINDRA NATH YADAVASHD · SHD2,2374.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
SSP
SSP–INC swing
+2.4%
SSP share
44.5% → 35.8%
INC share
36.2% → 25.1%
Turnout
— → —
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