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212. Arrah

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-ARRAH

SSP 27.0%won by 2.5%INC 24.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 2.5%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.4% between them, down from 61.9% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered4 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
50,253
Margin
1,278
2.54%

Candidates

13 contested · winner SSP
  1. 1RAM AWDHESH SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP13,55627.0%
  2. 2SUMITRA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC12,27824.4%
  3. 3RAM KHELAWAN SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS10,19920.3%
  4. 4SATYENDRA NARAYAN SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,76719.4%
  5. 5DHANI LAL RAMIndependent · IND1,2552.5%
  6. 6GOPI NATH KESRICommunist Party of India · CPI1,1582.3%
  7. 7BALI RAMIndependent · IND5031.0%
  8. 8SHUKHDEO NARAYANBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD4781.0%
  9. 9SURYA RAMIndependent · IND3370.7%
  10. 10VIDYA NAND SINGHIndependent · IND2990.6%
  11. 11SHYAMA NAND MISHRASUC · SUC2110.4%
  12. 12HIRALAL PRASADIndependent · IND1430.3%
  13. 13KEDAR PANDERashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP690.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
SSPflipped
SSP–INC swing
+9.1%
SSP share
27.7% → 27.0%
INC share
34.3% → 24.4%
Turnout
— → —
211. Sandesh213. Barhara
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