Constituency
113. Saharsa
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1969
BR-SAHARSA
INC 41.0%won by 5.0%SHD 36.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.9% to 5.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSHD (SHD) finished second with 36.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
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
68,273
Margin
3,409
4.99%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RAMESH JHAIndian National Congress · INC28,01641.0%
- 2SURESH CHANDRA YADAVSHD · SHD24,60736.0%
- 3BALBHARDRA MISHRASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP11,04116.2%
- 4SURAJ DEO SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,5003.7%
- 5JANARDAN PANDEYCommunist Party of India · CPI2,1093.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SHD swing
- −39.0%
- INC share
- 44.0% → 41.0%
- SHD share
- 0.0% → 36.0%
- Turnout
- — → —