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166. Banka

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-BANKA

INC 47.7%won by 20.7%BJS 27.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 20.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 31.8% to 47.7% of the vote here (+15.9%).
  • Multi-cornered5 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
44,516
Margin
9,224
20.72%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1THAKUR KAMAKHYA PD. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,22547.7%
  2. 2BABU LAL MANDALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS12,00127.0%
  3. 3KUMAR KISHOR MANDALSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP4,2819.6%
  4. 4HARI KRISHNA MANJHICommunist Party of India · CPI3,2267.2%
  5. 5MAHESWARI PRASAD SINGHJan Asra Party · JAP2,3165.2%
  6. 6JAYANTI PRASAD PANDITSHD · SHD9042.0%
  7. 7SAKHWAT ALILTC · LTC5631.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJS swing
+33.9%
INC share
31.8% → 47.7%
BJS share
44.9% → 27.0%
Turnout
— → —
165. Dhuraiya167. Belhar
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