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290. Majhgaon

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-MAJHGAON

IND 65.2%won by 56.8%JAP 8.4%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.7% to 56.8%.

  • New challengerJan Asra Party (JAP) finished second with 8.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.6% of the vote between them, up from 60.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
27,891
Margin
15,837
56.78%

Candidates

10 contested · winner IND
  1. 1PURNA CHANDRA BIRUAIndependent · IND18,17665.2%
  2. 2NARAYAN PAT PINGUAJan Asra Party · JAP2,3398.4%
  3. 3BUDHAN SINGH TAMSOYIndependent · IND1,8856.8%
  4. 4LEBEYA MUNDUIYASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,8726.7%
  5. 5VIDYASAGAR PINGUAIndian National Congress · INC1,0263.7%
  6. 6KANDARP SINKUBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,0233.7%
  7. 7DURGA CHARAN BIRUAPHJ · PHJ5532.0%
  8. 8SURENDRA NATH BIRUAIndependent · IND4541.6%
  9. 9RAGHUNATH BURIULIIndependent · IND2951.1%
  10. 10LAL SINGH ALDAIndependent · IND2681.0%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
IND–JAP swing
+16.5%
IND share
40.3% → 65.2%
JAP share
0.0% → 8.4%
Turnout
— → —
289. Chaibasa291. Manoharpur
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