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1969 Bihar legislative assembly election
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318 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Harihar Singh B. P. Mandal
Party Indian National Congress Samyukta Socialist Party Bharatiya Jan Sangh
Seats won 118 52 34
Popular vote 4,570,413 2,052,274 2,345,780
Percentage 30.46% 13.68% 15.63%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Communist Party of India Praja Socialist Party
Seats won 25 18
Popular vote 1,515,105 846,563
Percentage 10.10% 5.64%
Chief Minister before election

President's rule
N/A

Elected Chief Minister

Harihar Singh
INC

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]

Party-wise performance

Abbreviation Party Party Flag Seats contested Seats won Votes % of votes
INC Indian National Congress 318 118 4,570,413 30.46%
BJS Bharatiya Jan Sangh 303 34 2,345,780 15.63%
SSP Samyukta Socialist Party 191 52 2,052,274 13.68%
CPI Communist Party of India 161 25 1,515,105 10.10%
PSP Praja Socialist Party 94 18 846,563 5.64%
LCD Loktantrik Congress Dal 100 9 573,344 3.82%
SHD Shoshit Dal 122 6 552,764 3.68%
JNP Janata Party 138 14 501,010 3.34%
BKD Bharatiya Kranti Dal 91 6 301,010 2.01%
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist) 30 3 187,541 1.25%
SWA Swatantra Party 42 3 130638 0.87%
PHJ Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand 14 5 56,506 0.38%
BCP Backward Classes Party of India 39 0 38,995 0.26%
PBI Proutist Bloc of India 49 0 29,675 0.20%
SUC Socialist Unity Centre of India 11 0 26,259 0.18%
FBL All India Forward Bloc 4 1 17,452 0.12%
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party 6 0 6,310 0.04%
RPI Republican Party of India 6 0 5,057 0.03%
HMS Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 3 0 2,161 0.01%
BPS Bihar Prantiya Sudharavadi Party 2 0 855 0.01%
RRP Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 3 0 811 0.01%
IND Independents 426 24 1,243,106 8.29%

[2]

References

  1. ^ Vishwanath Prasad Varma (1970). A Study of the Mid-term Elections in Bihar 1969. Institute of Public Administration. p. 221.
  2. ^ Election Commission of India. Bihar 1969
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