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198. Rajgir

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-RAJGIR

BJS 37.1%won by 1.2%INC 35.8%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.4% to 1.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.9% of the vote between them, up from 58.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • 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
56,467
Margin
694
1.23%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1YADUNANDAN PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS20,92937.1%
  2. 2RAMPHAL ARYAIndian National Congress · INC20,23535.8%
  3. 3CHANDRADEO PRASAD HIMANSUCommunist Party of India · CPI12,34721.9%
  4. 4BANARSI LALBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD9561.7%
  5. 5KALICHARAN CHOUDHRYSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP8271.5%
  6. 6VISHESHWAR PRASADRPI · RPI6751.2%
  7. 7VASUDEO DASSHD · SHD4980.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
BJS
BJS–INC swing
−13.2%
BJS share
36.6% → 37.1%
INC share
22.2% → 35.8%
Turnout
— → —
197. Ekangar Sarai199. Islampur
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