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160. Bhagalpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-BHAGALPUR

BJS 49.3%won by 25.1%INC 24.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.7% to 25.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JKD (JKD) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Safe seatBharatiya Jana Sangh won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
52,164
Margin
13,106
25.12%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1VIJOY KUMAR MITRABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS25,69349.3%
  2. 2RAMESHWAR NARAIN AGRAWALIndian National Congress · INC12,58724.1%
  3. 3SUBODH PRASAD RAICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM9,28017.8%
  4. 4HARI SHANKAR SAHAYSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,0433.9%
  5. 5RADHA LAL SAHLTC · LTC1,6853.2%
  6. 6SHUKDEO PRASADPBI · PBI4800.9%
  7. 7GANESH JHAIndependent · IND2870.6%
  8. 8JAI SHANKAR PRASAD VERMAHMS · HMS1090.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
BJS
BJS–INC swing
+2.1%
BJS share
42.7% → 49.3%
INC share
19.6% → 24.1%
Turnout
— → —
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