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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 | edit source]

1969 elections in India

Bihar[edit | edit source]


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[edit | edit source]


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[edit | edit source]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
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	Indian National Congress	78,052	42.62	10	Error creating thumbnail: File missing12
	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	Error creating thumbnail: File missing2
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[edit | edit source]

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

Uttar Pradesh[edit | edit source]


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[edit | edit source]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
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	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,676,981	19.97	80	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 37
	Indian National Congress	5,538,622	41.32	55	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 72
	Bangla Congress	1,094,654	8.17	33	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1
	Communist Party of India	938,472	7.00	30	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 14
	All India Forward Bloc	671,664	5.01	21	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 8
	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	375,983	2.80	12	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 6
	Samyukta Socialist Party	249,362	1.86	9	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 2
	Socialist Unity Centre of India	202,721	1.51	7	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 3
	Praja Socialist Party	175,890	1.31	5	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
↑ "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.
↑ "West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 1969". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

External links[edit | edit source]

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

[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.

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+| next_election     = 1970 elections in India
+| next_year         = 1970
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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]].
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 ===[[Bihar]]===
 {{Main|1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election}}
+{{Election results
+|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=4570413|seats1=118|sc1=
+|party2=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes2=2345780|seats2=34|sc2=
+|party3=[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]|votes3=2052274|seats3=52|sc3=
+|party4=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes4=1515105|seats4=25|sc4=
+|party5=[[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes5=846563|seats5=18|sc5=
+|party6=Loktantrik Congress Dal|votes6=573344|seats6=9|sc6=
+|party7=Shoshit Dal|votes7=552764|seats7=6|sc7=
+|party8=[[Janata Party]]|votes8=501010|seats8=14|sc8=
+|party9=[[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]|votes9=301010|seats9=6|sc9=
+|party10=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes10=187541|seats10=3|sc10=
+|party11=[[Swatantra Party]]|votes11=130638|seats11=3|sc11=
+|party12=[[Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand]]|votes12=56506|seats12=5|sc12=
+|party13=Backward Classes Party of India|votes13=38995|seats13=0|sc13=
+|party14=Proutist Bloc of India|votes14=29675|seats14=0|sc14=
+|party15=[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|Socialist Unity Centre of India]]|votes15=26259|seats15=0|sc15=
+|party16=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes16=17452|seats16=1|sc16=
+|party17=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes17=6310|seats17=0|sc17=
+|party18=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes18=5057|seats18=0|sc18=
+|party19=[[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes19=2161|seats19=0|sc19=
+|party20=Bihar Prantiya Sudharavadi Party|votes20=855|seats20=0|sc20=
+|party21=[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes21=811|seats21=0|sc21=
+|party22=Independents|votes22=1243106|seats22=24|sc22=
+|invalid=451530
+|electorate=29274251
+|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3890-bihar-1969/ ECI]
+}}
 ===[[Nagaland]]===
 {{Main|1969 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election}}
+{{Election results
+|image=[[File:India Nagaland Legislative Assembly 1969.svg]]
+|party1=[[Nagaland Nationalist Organisation]]|votes1=53507|seats1=22|sc1=New
+|party2=[[United Front of Nagaland]]|votes2=30109|seats2=10|sc2=New
+|party3=Independents|votes3=54783|seats3=8|sc3=–32
+|total_sc=0
+|invalid=259
+|electorate=176931
+|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3633-nagaland-1969/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 15 August 2021}}</ref>
+}}
+===[[Puducherry (union territory)|Pondicherry]]===
+{{Main|1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election}}
+{{Election results
+|image=[[File:India Puducherry Legislative Assembly 1969.svg]]
+|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=78052|seats1=10|sc1={{decrease}}12
+|party2=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes2=61717|seats2=15|sc2=New
+|party3=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes3=23115|seats3=3|sc3=New
+|party21=Independents|votes21=20250|seats21=2|sc21={{decrease}}2
+|total_sc=0
+|invalid=3497
+|electorate=228754
+|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3423-puducherry-1969/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref>
+}}
 ===[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]===
 {{Main|1969 Punjab Legislative Assembly election}}
+{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
+!colspan=7|Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1969<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in//punjab/assembly-constituencies/1969-election-results.html|title=List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1969|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>
+|-
+!colspan=2|Party
+!contested
+!Seats won
+!change in seats
+!popular vote
+!%
+|-
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}"|
+|align=left|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
+|65
+|43
+|{{increase}} 43
+|13,81,916
+|29.36
+|-
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
+|align=left|[[Indian National Congress]]
+|103
+|38
+|{{decrease}} 10
+|18,44,360
+|39.18
+|-
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}"|
+|align=left| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
+|30
+|8
+|{{decrease}} 1
+|4,24,008
+|9.01
+|-
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
+|align=left|[[Communist Party of India]]
+|28
+|4
+|{{decrease}} 1
+|2,27,600
+|4.84
+|-
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
+|align=left|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
+|10
+|2
+|{{decrease}} 1
+|1,44,610
+|3.07
+|-
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Socialist Party (India)}}"|
+|align=left| [[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]
+|7
+|2
+|{{increase}} 1
+|39,109
+|0.83
+|-
+|bgcolor="darkred"|
+|align=left|[[Punjab Janta Party]]
+|16
+|1
+|{{increase}} 1
+|79,269
+|1.68
+|-
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Praja Socialist Party}}"|
+|align=left|[[Praja Socialist Party]]
+|3
+|1
+|{{increase}} 1
+|23,617
+|0.50
+|-
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Swatantra Party}}"|
+|align=left|[[Swatantra Party]]
+|6
+|1
+|{{increase}} 1
+|43,006
+|0.91
+|-
+|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|
+|align=left| [[Independent politician|Independents]]
+|160
+|4
+|{{decrease}} 5
+|4,18,232
+|8.89
+|-
+|
+|Others
+|43
+|0
+|
+|81,359
+|1.72
+|-
+!colspan=2 align=left|Total
+!471
+!104
+!
+!47,07,086
+!
+|}
+===[[Uttar Pradesh]]===
+{{Main|1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
+{{Election results
+|image=[[File:India Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1969.svg]]
+|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=7893152|seats1=211|sc1=+12
+|party2=[[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]|votes2=4989116|seats2=98|sc2=New
+|party3=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes3=4200175|seats3=49|sc3=–49
+|party4=[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]|votes4=1831345|seats4=33|sc4=–11
+|party5=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes5=815964|seats5=1|sc5=–9
+|party6=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes6=715092|seats6=4|sc6=–9
+|party7=[[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes7=401999|seats7=3|sc7=–8
+|party8=[[Swatantra Party]]|votes8=293781|seats8=5|sc8=–7
+|party9=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes9=114616|seats9=1|sc9=0
+|party10=Uttar Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Party|votes10=112552|seats10=1|sc10=New
+|party11=[[Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes11=67807|seats11=1|sc11=New
+|party12=Others|votes12=333068|seats12=0|sc12=
+|party21=Independents|votes21=1661887|seats21=18|sc21=–19
+|total_sc=0
+|invalid=794232
+|electorate=44812431
+|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3247-uttar-pradesh-1969/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref>
+}}
 ===[[West Bengal]]===
 {{Main|1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election}}
+{{Election results
+|image=[[File:India West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1969.svg]]
+|party1=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes1=2676981|seats1=80|sc1= {{increase}} 37
+|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=5538622|seats2=55|sc2= {{decrease}} 72
+|party3=[[Bangla Congress]]|votes3=1094654|seats3=33|sc3= {{decrease}} 1
+|party4=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes4=938472|seats4=30|sc4= {{increase}} 14
+|party5=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes5=671664|seats5=21|sc5= {{increase}} 8
+|party6=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)]]|votes6=375983|seats6=12|sc6= {{increase}} 6
+|party7=[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]|votes7=249362|seats7=9|sc7= {{increase}} 2
+|party8=[[Socialist Unity Centre of India]]|votes8=202721|seats8=7|sc8= {{increase}} 3
+|party9=[[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes9=175890|seats9=5|sc9= {{decrease}} 2
+|party10=[[Lok Sewak Sangh]]|votes10=99844|seats10=4|sc10= NA
+|party11=[[Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League]]|votes11=71665|seats11=4|sc11= NA
+|party12=[[Progressive Muslim League (West Bengal)]]|votes12=208574|seats12=3|sc12= NA
+|party13=[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]]|votes13=51181|seats13=2|sc13= NA
+|party14=[[Workers Party of India]]|votes14=47391|seats14=2|sc14= NA
+|party15=[[Indian National Democratic Front]]|votes15=118650|seats15=1|sc15= NA
+|party16=[[Marxist Forward Bloc]]|votes16=27143|seats16=1|sc16= NA
+|party20=Others|votes20=374421|seats20=0|sc20=0
+|party21=Independents|votes21=481092|seats21=11|sc21= {{decrease}} 20
+|total_sc=0
+|invalid=353762
+|electorate=20685110
+|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3185-west-bengal-1969/ |title=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 1969 |date=14 August 2018 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref>
+}}
+==Rajya Sabha==
+{{Main|1969 Indian Rajya Sabha elections}}
 ==References==
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+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
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-*[http://eci.nic.in  Election Commission of India]
+* {{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ |title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}
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