Constituency
129. Kishanganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1969
BR-KISHANGANJ
INC 48.1%won by 25.8%PSP 22.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 25.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 10.2% to 48.1% of the vote here (+37.8%).
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
37,437
Margin
9,677
25.85%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1RAFIQUE ALAMIndian National Congress · INC17,99948.1%
- 2SUSHILA KAPOORPraja Socialist Party · PSP8,32222.2%
- 3RABINDRA NATH GHOSHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,23214.0%
- 4ZAKIR ALI IRAQUISwatantra Party · SWA2,8597.6%
- 5S . M . TAHIRCommunist Party of India · CPI1,7634.7%
- 6ABDUL SALAMIndependent · IND9312.5%
- 7SHYAMDEO JHAIndependent · IND3310.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–PSP swing
- +72.3%
- INC share
- 10.2% → 48.1%
- PSP share
- 56.7% → 22.2%
- Turnout
- — → —