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226. Karakat

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-KARAKAT

SSP 36.7%won by 9.7%PSP 27.0%

What changed here

Derived

Samyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.8% to 9.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.7% between them, down from 72.0% — 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
53,729
Margin
5,200
9.68%

Candidates

11 contested · winner SSP
  1. 1TULSHI SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP19,71236.7%
  2. 2TRIBHUWAN SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP14,51227.0%
  3. 3SHEOKUMAR SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,65914.3%
  4. 4RAGHURAJ KISHORE SINGHIndian National Congress · INC5,82110.8%
  5. 5ANJANI KUMAR SINHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,7487.0%
  6. 6SHYAM NARAIN MISHRAJan Asra Party · JAP7251.3%
  7. 7KEDAR SINGHIndependent · IND4990.9%
  8. 8SHEONANDAN RAMIndependent · IND4880.9%
  9. 9RAMADHAR SINGHPBI · PBI2810.5%
  10. 10RADHA MUNI SINGH YADVENDUBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD2180.4%
  11. 11RAM SUNDER SINGHSHD · SHD660.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
SSP
SSP–PSP swing
−20.8%
SSP share
44.9% → 36.7%
PSP share
14.4% → 27.0%
Turnout
— → —
225. Dehri227. Nokha
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