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202. Masaurhi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-MASAURHI

BJS 27.5%won by 0.2%CPI 27.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 0.2%.

  • BJS vote shareBJS went from 2.9% to 27.5% of the vote here (+24.6%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 104 votes (0.16%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered5 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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Valid votes
63,436
Margin
104
0.16%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1RAM DEVAN DASBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS17,42427.5%
  2. 2BHUNESHWAR SHARMACommunist Party of India · CPI17,32027.3%
  3. 3DHAN RAJ SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC12,26319.3%
  4. 4NAWAL KISHORE SINGHIndependent · IND8,82213.9%
  5. 5BRAJ NANDAN SAHAYASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP3,7295.9%
  6. 6RAM DAS SINGH AZADBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD2,5244.0%
  7. 7HIRA PAWWANRPI · RPI7291.1%
  8. 8BRIJ NANDAN KUMAR SINGHJan Asra Party · JAP6251.0%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
BJSflipped
BJS–CPI swing
+33.7%
BJS share
2.9% → 27.5%
CPI share
36.4% → 27.3%
Turnout
— → —
201. Hilsa203. Pun Pun
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