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Constituency

218. Buxar

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-BUXAR

INC 37.0%won by 8.4%CPI 28.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 30.4% to 37.0% of the vote here (+6.6%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 28.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.5% between them, down from 82.1% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
53,679
Margin
4,518
8.42%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPI swing
−22.0%
INC share
30.4% 37.0%
CPI share
0.0% 28.6%
Turnout