Election
Constituency

264. Bermo

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-BERMO

INC 34.2%won by 0.8%JAP 33.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.5% to 0.8%.

  • New challengerJan Asra Party (JAP) finished second with 33.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 368 votes (0.81%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
45,166
Margin
368
0.81%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BINDESHWARI DUBEYIndian National Congress · INC15,44634.2%
  2. 2JAMUNA SINGHJan Asra Party · JAP15,07833.4%
  3. 3MITHILESH KUMAR SINHAPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,77917.2%
  4. 4KAILASH MAHTOCommunist Party of India · CPI2,8916.4%
  5. 5RAM LAKHAN PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,8334.1%
  6. 6RUPU MAHTOIndependent · IND1,5923.5%
  7. 7FALGUNI NAYAKIndependent · IND5471.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JAP swing
−35.9%
INC share
36.8% → 34.2%
JAP share
0.0% → 33.4%
Turnout
— → —
263. Dumri265. Bagodar
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