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Constituency

233. Arwal

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-ARWAL

CPI 31.8%won by 6.4%BJS 25.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.4% to 6.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 26.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 25.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.1% between them, down from 76.7% — 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
58,059
Margin
3,740
6.44%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIBJS swing
−51.6%
CPI share
58.1% 31.8%
BJS share
0.0% 25.3%
Turnout