Constituency
172. Sikandra
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1969
BR-SIKANDRA
INC 45.1%won by 8.8%CPI 36.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 35.3% to 45.1% of the vote here (+9.8%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 36.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.3% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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
53,720
Margin
4,733
8.81%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1RAMESHWAR PASWANIndian National Congress · INC24,21345.1%
- 2BHOLA MANJHICommunist Party of India · CPI19,48036.3%
- 3RAMESWARUP PASWANSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP5,59410.4%
- 4RAMANAND PRASAD CHOUDHARYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,9965.6%
- 5BARHAN RABIDASJan Asra Party · JAP9981.9%
- 6RIBLAL DHOBIPBI · PBI4390.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- −26.5%
- INC share
- 35.3% → 45.1%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 36.3%
- Turnout
- — → —