Constituency
205. Patna East
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1969
BR-PATNA-EAST
BJS 33.1%won by 10.7%CPM 22.4%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.2% to 10.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 22.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.6% between them, down from 77.5% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
52,104
Margin
5,567
10.68%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJS- 1RAMDEO MAHTOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS17,26333.1%
- 2TAKI RAHIMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,69622.4%
- 3RAMESHWAR PRASAD GOLWARAIndian National Congress · INC10,79920.7%
- 4YOGENDRA THAKURSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP9,00117.3%
- 5RAJENDRA PRASAD VERMASHD · SHD1,3302.6%
- 6RAMANAND GUPTAIndependent · IND6631.3%
- 7RAM SAGAR PRASADIndependent · IND4510.9%
- 8MOTIUL RAHMANSwatantra Party · SWA3380.6%
- 9SHANTA SINHAIndependent · IND3130.6%
- 10MAHABIR PRASADBCP · BCP2500.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- BJS
- BJS–CPM swing
- −51.2%
- BJS share
- 61.9% → 33.1%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 22.4%
- Turnout
- — → —