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206. Patna West

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-PATNA-WEST

CPI 31.2%won by 3.1%BJS 28.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: JKD (JKD) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 3.1%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 31.2% of the vote here (+31.2%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 28.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.3% between them, down from 96.2% — 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
54,671
Margin
1,705
3.12%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1A . K . SENCommunist Party of India · CPI17,05131.2%
  2. 2RAM PRASAD LALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS15,34628.1%
  3. 3SYED MD. MOINUL HAQUEIndian National Congress · INC9,20616.8%
  4. 4MAHAMAYA PRASAD SINHABhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD9,12116.7%
  5. 5NARMADESHWAR PRASADSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,1842.2%
  6. 6RAM NANDAN RAIIndependent · IND9501.7%
  7. 7CHHOLILAL SINHASHD · SHD9091.7%
  8. 8BAIJNATH YADAVIndependent · IND6391.2%
  9. 9SWARN SINGHBCP · BCP2650.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
JKD
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–BJS swing
+3.1%
CPI share
0.0% → 31.2%
BJS share
0.0% → 28.1%
Turnout
— → —
205. Patna East207. Danapur
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