Constituency
262. Giridih
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1969
BR-GIRIDIH
CPI 46.9%won by 24.3%BJS 22.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 24.3%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 31.1% to 46.9% of the vote here (+15.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
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
46,362
Margin
11,279
24.33%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPI- 1CHATURANAN MISHRACommunist Party of India · CPI21,73846.9%
- 2SARDAR BHAGAT SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS10,45922.6%
- 3RAGHUNANDAN RAMIndian National Congress · INC9,32920.1%
- 4GOPAL VEER RAGHAWANPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,9536.4%
- 5MD. MUSLIM ANSARIJan Asra Party · JAP1,8834.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–BJS swing
- +6.9%
- CPI share
- 31.1% → 46.9%
- BJS share
- 13.6% → 22.6%
- Turnout
- — → —