Election
Constituency

132. Purnea

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-PURNEA

INC 38.5%won by 7.9%PSP 30.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.4% to 7.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.2% of the vote between them, up from 59.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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not in source
Valid votes
47,653
Margin
3,751
7.87%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KAMALDEO NARAIN SINHAIndian National Congress · INC18,36038.5%
  2. 2BADIUZZAMAPraja Socialist Party · PSP14,60930.7%
  3. 3JAGDEEP PRASAD YADAVBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS11,95225.1%
  4. 4BISWANATH PRASAD KEJRIWALSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,0224.2%
  5. 5SULTAN ALAM M . BIHARIPBI · PBI7101.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
−18.8%
INC share
34.6% → 38.5%
PSP share
7.9% → 30.7%
Turnout
— → —
131. Amaur133. Katihar
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