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197. Ekangar Sarai

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-EKANGAR-SARAI

INC 38.0%won by 17.4%CPI 20.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.7% to 17.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 24.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 20.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.7% between them, down from 87.7% — the field split more ways.

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
64,854
Margin
11,301
17.43%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1LAL SINGH TYAGIIndian National Congress · INC24,67438.0%
  2. 2GAYA SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI13,37320.6%
  3. 3RAJENDRA PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS12,03118.6%
  4. 4BRIJ NANDAN YADAVSHD · SHD7,88612.2%
  5. 5DHANRAJ PRASADBCP · BCP2,2193.4%
  6. 6VIJAOY KUMAR SINGHJan Asra Party · JAP2,0953.2%
  7. 7NAND KESHWAR PRASADRPI · RPI1,6392.5%
  8. 8RAJ KUMAR PASWANIndependent · IND9371.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−44.8%
INC share
62.2% → 38.0%
CPI share
0.0% → 20.6%
Turnout
— → —
196. Asthawan198. Rajgir
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