Election
Constituency

275. Topchanchi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-TOPCHANCHI

JAP 37.6%won by 1.5%BKD 36.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Jan Asra Party (JAP), which now leads by 1.5%.

  • JAP vote shareJAP went from 0.0% to 37.6% of the vote here (+37.6%).
  • New challengerBhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) finished second with 36.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.6% between them, down from 84.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
34,732
Margin
527
1.52%

Candidates

5 contested · winner JAP
  1. 1PURNENDU NARAIN SINGHJan Asra Party · JAP13,05337.6%
  2. 2P . N . SURBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD12,52636.1%
  3. 3RAMESHWAR MUNSHIIndian National Congress · INC5,55316.0%
  4. 4HARI PRASAD MAHTCLTC · LTC3,3009.5%
  5. 5CHHOTAN RAJWARSHD · SHD3000.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
JAPflipped
JAP–BKD swing
+1.5%
JAP share
0.0% → 37.6%
BKD share
0.0% → 36.1%
Turnout
— → —
274. Chandankiyari276. Baghmara
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