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Bihar Assembly Election, 1969

318 seats · 207 changed party since 1967

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Party standings

Bihar Assembly Election, 1969 · 14 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 118 seatsSamyukta Socialist Party — 52 seatsBharatiya Jana Sangh — 34 seatsCommunist Party of India — 25 seatsIndependent — 24 seatsPraja Socialist Party — 18 seatsJan Asra Party — 14 seats7 other parties — 33 seats160318of 318 seats
  • INC118
  • SSP52
  • BJS34
  • CPI25
  • IND24
  • PSP18
  • JAP14
  • Others33

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress11837%45,70,41330.5%318
SSPSamyukta Socialist Party5216%20,52,27413.7%191
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh3411%23,45,78015.6%303
CPICommunist Party of India258%15,15,10510.1%162
INDIndependent248%12,43,1068.3%426
PSPPraja Socialist Party186%8,46,5635.6%94
JAPJan Asra Party144%5,01,0103.3%138
LTCLTC93%5,73,3443.8%100
SHDSHD62%5,52,7643.7%122
BKDBhartiya Krishak Dal62%3,01,0102.0%91
PHJPHJ52%56,5060.4%14
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)31%1,87,5411.2%30
SWASwatantra Party31%1,30,6380.9%42
FBLFBL10%17,4520.1%4

+ 8 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Bihar Assembly Election, 1969 · winner by seat

243 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 160

1969 · selected
Majority 160
INC118SSP52BJS34CPI25IND24PSP18JAP14LTC9SHD6BKD6+4 more · 12 seats
1967 · previous
Majority 160

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1967 → 1969

1967 1969· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
33.1
30.5
17.6
13.7
10.4
15.6
6.9
10.1
17.9
8.3
7.0
5.6
0.0
3.3
INCSSPBJSCPIINDPSPJAP

Seat change

1969 seats minus 1967 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
128 → 118
−10
SSP
68 → 52
−16
BJS
26 → 34
+8
CPI
24 → 25
+1
IND
33 → 24
−9
PSP
18 → 18
0
JAP
0 → 14
+14
LTC
0 → 9
+9
SHD
0 → 6
+6
BKD
0 → 6
+6

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1967 → 1969

share lostshare gained
BJS
10.4% → 15.6%
+5.2%
LTC
0.0% → 3.8%
+3.8%
SHD
0.0% → 3.7%
+3.7%
JAP
0.0% → 3.3%
+3.3%
CPI
6.9% → 10.1%
+3.2%
BKD
0.0% → 2.0%
+2.0%
PHJ
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
PSP
7.0% → 5.6%
−1.3%
SWA
2.3% → 0.9%
−1.5%
INC
33.1% → 30.5%
−2.6%

Biggest INC–SSP swings

Seats where the INC-vs-SSP vote gap moved most, 1967 → 1969. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − SSP share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward SSP.

toward SSPtoward INC
Sikandra
+64.0%
Gopalganj
+62.4%
Barachatti
−58.9%
Bhawanathpur
−58.7%
Parbatta
+58.6%
Kurtha
+55.2%
Masrakh
−53.8%
Godda
−53.2%
Alauli
−53.0%
Madhepur
+51.9%
Mirganj
+51.9%
Balia
+50.4%

Closest races · 1969

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1969

318 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1967