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Constituency

193. Bakhtiarpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-BAKHTIARPUR

INC 28.0%won by 2.4%SSP 25.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.0% to 2.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.6% between them, down from 60.7% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
69,929
Margin
1,682
2.41%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSSP swing
−20.2%
INC share
32.3% 28.0%
SSP share
9.8% 25.6%
Turnout