Election
Constituency

298. Khunti

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

BR-KHUNTI

INC 42.7%won by 20.6%BJS 22.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.3% to 20.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).

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
22,967
Margin
4,726
20.58%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1TIRU MUCHI RAI MUNDAIndian National Congress · INC9,81542.7%
  2. 2GOMESHRI MANKIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,08922.2%
  3. 3PHUL CHAND KACHCHAPIndependent · IND4,49519.6%
  4. 4CHARKU PURTIJan Asra Party · JAP2,50610.9%
  5. 5SAMUEL PAHANIndependent · IND4982.2%
  6. 6HERAN PAHANLTC · LTC4982.2%
  7. 7SUKHLAL SINGH MUNDABCP · BCP660.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−14.0%
INC share
48.3% → 42.7%
BJS share
13.7% → 22.2%
Turnout
— → —
297. Tokpa299. Silli
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