Constituency
260. Gawan
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1969
BR-GAWAN
SSP 36.6%won by 3.3%BJS 33.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 3.3%.
- SSP vote shareSSP went from 8.7% to 36.6% of the vote here (+27.9%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.9% of the vote between them, up from 64.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
23,050
Margin
765
3.32%
Candidates
4 contested · winner SSP- 1TANESHWAR AZADSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP8,43436.6%
- 2BABULAL CHAUDHARYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,66933.3%
- 3GOPAL RABIDASIndian National Congress · INC4,11617.9%
- 4JIBLAL DASJan Asra Party · JAP2,83112.3%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SSPflipped
- SSP–BJS swing
- +13.5%
- SSP share
- 8.7% → 36.6%
- BJS share
- 18.9% → 33.3%
- Turnout
- — → —