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231. Piro

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-PIRO

SSP 23.5%won by 4.5%LTC 19.0%

What changed here

Derived

Samyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.3% to 4.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 24.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerLTC (LTC) finished second with 19.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 42.5% 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
51,954
Margin
2,326
4.48%

Candidates

10 contested · winner SSP
  1. 1RAM EKBAL SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP12,21523.5%
  2. 2INDRAMANI SINGHLTC · LTC9,88919.0%
  3. 3CHANDRA BHUSHAN TIWARICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8,48016.3%
  4. 4RAM NAGINA TIWARIPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,27110.1%
  5. 5RAMADHAR TIWARIIndian National Congress · INC5,1239.9%
  6. 6MAHANTH RAM SUNDAR DASBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,3268.3%
  7. 7LALLAN SINGHJan Asra Party · JAP2,6705.1%
  8. 8RAM KESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,9113.7%
  9. 9NARAYAN DAS ARYAIndependent · IND1,1012.1%
  10. 10JAI MANGAL SINGHIndependent · IND9681.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
SSP
Winner now
SSP
SSP–LTC swing
−43.7%
SSP share
48.1% → 23.5%
LTC share
0.0% → 19.0%
Turnout
— → —
230. Jagdishpur232. Sahar
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