Constituency
229. Bikramganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1969
BR-BIKRAMGANJ
CPI 30.7%won by 14.4%SWA 16.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 14.4%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 20.1% to 30.7% of the vote here (+10.7%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Swatantra Party (SWA).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 47.0% of the vote between them, up from 40.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
58,862
Margin
8,489
14.42%
Candidates
10 contested · winner CPI- 1SANT PRASAD SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI18,09030.7%
- 2RAM RAKSHYA SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA9,60116.3%
- 3RAJMUKH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,13015.5%
- 4BRIJ BIHARI CHAUDHARYSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP7,01611.9%
- 5JANARDAN PANDEYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,96910.1%
- 6MEGHRAJ MEDHANISHD · SHD4,0516.9%
- 7RAMAVTAR SINGHPBI · PBI1,6222.8%
- 8KAPOOR CHAND SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,6132.7%
- 9CHITRANJAN PRASADIndependent · IND9061.5%
- 10DHARAM PRASAD CHAUDHARYBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD8641.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–SWA swing
- +1.1%
- CPI share
- 20.1% → 30.7%
- SWA share
- 6.7% → 16.3%
- Turnout
- — → —