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293. Chakradharpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-CHAKRADHARPUR

IND 46.9%won by 20.2%BJS 26.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 20.2%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 4.5% to 46.9% of the vote here (+42.5%).
  • Multi-cornered3 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
32,095
Margin
6,484
20.20%

Candidates

7 contested · winner IND
  1. 1MARICHARAN SOYIndependent · IND15,06346.9%
  2. 2PRADHAN SINGH SARDARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8,57926.7%
  3. 3LALSINGH MUNDAIndian National Congress · INC5,14116.0%
  4. 4LAKHIRAM KERAIPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,1603.6%
  5. 5LANKA BARIJan Asra Party · JAP8052.5%
  6. 6MAJHIA MAJHISHD · SHD6952.2%
  7. 7NIRMAL SINGH MUNDAIndependent · IND6522.0%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–BJS swing
+68.2%
IND share
4.5% → 46.9%
BJS share
52.5% → 26.7%
Turnout
— → —
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