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167. Belhar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-BELHAR

SSP 24.5%won by 3.9%IND 20.5%

What changed here

Derived

Samyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.0% to 3.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Independent (IND).

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
47,136
Margin
1,853
3.93%

Candidates

10 contested · winner SSP
  1. 1CHATURBHUJ PRASAD SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP11,52924.5%
  2. 2AWADH BEHARI RAIIndependent · IND9,67620.5%
  3. 3SAKUNTALA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC9,30619.7%
  4. 4RADHE SHYAM RAIIndependent · IND6,41413.6%
  5. 5SHASHI SHEKHAR PD. SINGHJan Asra Party · JAP5,93412.6%
  6. 6SURENDRA NARAIN SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,5313.2%
  7. 7LAKSHMI JHABhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD8111.7%
  8. 8ARUN KUMARCommunist Party of India · CPI7131.5%
  9. 9SUSHIL KUMA YADAVSUC · SUC7031.5%
  10. 10TARINI PRASAD YADAVSHD · SHD5191.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
SSP
SSP–IND swing
−17.3%
SSP share
30.2% → 24.5%
IND share
9.0% → 20.5%
Turnout
— → —
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