1969 elections in India

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Elections in the Republic of India in 1969 included elections to six state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.

Legislative Assembly elections

1969 elections in India

Bihar

Main article: 1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	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

Nagaland

Main article: 1969 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nagaland Nationalist Organisation	53,507	38.66	22	New
	United Front of Nagaland	30,109	21.76	10	New
	Independents	54,783	39.58	8	–32
Total		138,399	100.00	40	0
Valid votes		138,399	99.81
Invalid/blank votes		259	0.19
Total votes		138,658	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		176,931	78.37
Source: ECI [1]

Pondicherry

Main article: 1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	78,052	42.62	10	12
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	61,717	33.70	15	New
	Communist Party of India	23,115	12.62	3	New
	Independents	20,250	11.06	2	2
Total		183,134	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		183,134	98.13
Invalid/blank votes		3,497	1.87
Total votes		186,631	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		228,754	81.59
Source: ECI [2]

Punjab

Main article: 1969 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1969 [3]
Party		contested	Seats won	change in seats	popular vote	%
	Shiromani Akali Dal	65	43	43	13,81,916	29.36
	Indian National Congress	103	38	10	18,44,360	39.18
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	30	8	1	4,24,008	9.01
	Communist Party of India	28	4	1	2,27,600	4.84
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	10	2	1	1,44,610	3.07
	Socialist Party	7	2	1	39,109	0.83
	Punjab Janta Party	16	1	1	79,269	1.68
	Praja Socialist Party	3	1	1	23,617	0.50
	Swatantra Party	6	1	1	43,006	0.91
	Independents	160	4	5	4,18,232	8.89
	Others	43	0		81,359	1.72
Total		471	104		47,07,086

Uttar Pradesh

Main article: 1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	7,893,152	33.69	211	+12
	Bharatiya Kranti Dal	4,989,116	21.29	98	New
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	4,200,175	17.93	49	–49
	Samyukta Socialist Party	1,831,345	7.82	33	–11
	Republican Party of India	815,964	3.48	1	–9
	Communist Party of India	715,092	3.05	4	–9
	Praja Socialist Party	401,999	1.72	3	–8
	Swatantra Party	293,781	1.25	5	–7
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	114,616	0.49	1	0
	Uttar Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Party	112,552	0.48	1	New
	Hindu Mahasabha	67,807	0.29	1	New
	Others	333,068	1.42	0	–
	Independents	1,661,887	7.09	18	–19
Total		23,430,554	100.00	425	0
Valid votes		23,430,554	96.72
Invalid/blank votes		794,232	3.28
Total votes		24,224,786	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		44,812,431	54.06
Source: ECI [4]

West Bengal

Main article: 1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,676,981	19.97	80	37
	Indian National Congress	5,538,622	41.32	55	72
	Bangla Congress	1,094,654	8.17	33	1
	Communist Party of India	938,472	7.00	30	14
	All India Forward Bloc	671,664	5.01	21	8
	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	375,983	2.80	12	6
	Samyukta Socialist Party	249,362	1.86	9	2
	Socialist Unity Centre of India	202,721	1.51	7	3
	Praja Socialist Party	175,890	1.31	5	2
	Lok Sewak Sangh	99,844	0.74	4	NA
	Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League	71,665	0.53	4	NA
	Progressive Muslim League (West Bengal)	208,574	1.56	3	NA
	Revolutionary Communist Party of India	51,181	0.38	2	NA
	Workers Party of India	47,391	0.35	2	NA
	Indian National Democratic Front	118,650	0.89	1	NA
	Marxist Forward Bloc	27,143	0.20	1	NA
	Others	374,421	2.79	0	0
	Independents	481,092	3.59	11	20
Total		13,404,310	100.00	280	0
Valid votes		13,404,310	97.43
Invalid/blank votes		353,762	2.57
Total votes		13,758,072	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,685,110	66.51
Source: ECI [5]

Rajya Sabha

Main article: 1969 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 July 2022.
3. "List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1969". www.elections.in.
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 16 January 2022.
5. "West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 1969". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

External links

• "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India.