Constituency
306. Gumla
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1969
BR-GUMLA
BJS 31.4%won by 8.1%INC 23.2%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.5% to 8.1%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 54.6% of the vote between them, up from 33.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
30,577
Margin
2,480
8.11%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJS- 1ROPNA URAONBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,58931.4%
- 2BHIKHAM BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC7,10923.2%
- 3SORILINI DEMTAIndependent · IND5,59818.3%
- 4LOUIS BARLAIndependent · IND4,31814.1%
- 5CLEMENT TOPPOJan Asra Party · JAP1,6125.3%
- 6PAULUS KHARIYAIndependent · IND1,1763.8%
- 7MOHAN KHARIYALTC · LTC8432.8%
- 8RADHEYSHYAM GONJHUIndependent · IND3321.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- BJS
- BJS–INC swing
- +4.4%
- BJS share
- 17.5% → 31.4%
- INC share
- 13.8% → 23.2%
- Turnout
- — → —