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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
[edit]1969 elections in India
| 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 | ||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |||||
| Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1969[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[3] | |||||
Rajya Sabha
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1969". www.elections.in.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
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