1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
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An election was held in 1969 to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Bihar. After the elections, the Congress emerged as the largest party, and Harihar Singh was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar.
Three parties contested in a 'Triple Alliance'; the Loktantrik Congress Dal, the Praja Socialist Party and the Samyukta Socialist Party. The Triple Alliance divided 295 out of 318 constituencies between them, assigning 23 seats to the Communist Party of India.[1]
Results[edit]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Indian National Congress | 4,570,413 | 30.46 | 118 | |
Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 2,345,780 | 15.63 | 34 | |
Samyukta Socialist Party | 2,052,274 | 13.68 | 52 | |
Communist Party of India | 1,515,105 | 10.10 | 25 | |
Praja Socialist Party | 846,563 | 5.64 | 18 | |
Loktantrik Congress Dal | 573,344 | 3.82 | 9 | |
Shoshit Dal | 552,764 | 3.68 | 6 | |
Janata Party | 501,010 | 3.34 | 14 | |
Bharatiya Kranti Dal | 301,010 | 2.01 | 6 | |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 187,541 | 1.25 | 3 | |
Swatantra Party | 130,638 | 0.87 | 3 | |
Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand | 56,506 | 0.38 | 5 | |
Backward Classes Party of India | 38,995 | 0.26 | 0 | |
Proutist Bloc of India | 29,675 | 0.20 | 0 | |
Socialist Unity Centre of India | 26,259 | 0.18 | 0 | |
All India Forward Bloc | 17,452 | 0.12 | 1 | |
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 6,310 | 0.04 | 0 | |
Republican Party of India | 5,057 | 0.03 | 0 | |
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 2,161 | 0.01 | 0 | |
Bihar Prantiya Sudharavadi Party | 855 | 0.01 | 0 | |
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 811 | 0.01 | 0 | |
Independents | 1,243,106 | 8.29 | 24 | |
Total | 15,003,629 | 100.00 | 318 | |
Valid votes | 15,003,629 | 97.08 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 451,530 | 2.92 | ||
Total votes | 15,455,159 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 29,274,251 | 52.79 | ||
Source: ECI |
References[edit]
- ↑ Vishwanath Prasad Varma (1970). A Study of the Mid-term Elections in Bihar 1969. Institute of Public Administration. p. 221.