Constituency
156. Mahagama
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1969
BR-MAHAGAMA
CPI 37.2%won by 4.3%INC 32.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 4.3%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 23.4% to 37.2% of the vote here (+13.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.0% of the vote between them, up from 60.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
54,047
Margin
2,315
4.28%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1SAYEED AHMADCommunist Party of India · CPI20,08637.2%
- 2JANARDAN PRASADIndian National Congress · INC17,77132.9%
- 3AWADH BIHARI SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,88718.3%
- 4PURNAND SAHUJan Asra Party · JAP3,1255.8%
- 5MAHENDRA MAHTOPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,5284.7%
- 6VAIKUNTH JHAIndependent · IND6501.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +17.8%
- CPI share
- 23.4% → 37.2%
- INC share
- 36.9% → 32.9%
- Turnout
- — → —