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Constituency

173. Sheikhpura

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-SHEIKHPURA

CPI 51.0%won by 16.9%INC 34.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.4% to 16.9%.

  • 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
52,252
Margin
8,823
16.89%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1LOKNATH MOCHICommunist Party of India · CPI26,64951.0%
  2. 2LILA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC17,82634.1%
  3. 3RAM SARUP PASWANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,8385.4%
  4. 4MUNESHWAR RAMJan Asra Party · JAP2,0764.0%
  5. 5MAHABIR ARYASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,6453.1%
  6. 6BANARSHI DASSSHD · SHD5241.0%
  7. 7BINDESHWARI DASSLTC · LTC4930.9%
  8. 8JAGDISH KUMAR DIPAKBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD2010.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
+14.5%
CPI share
42.9% → 51.0%
INC share
40.5% → 34.1%
Turnout
— → —
172. Sikandra174. Barbigha
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