1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

1969 Bihar legislative assembly election
9 February 1969
318 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly
160 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Harihar Singh B. P. Mandal
Party INC(R) SSP ABJS
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 CPI PSP
Seats won 25 18
Popular vote 1,515,105 846,563
Percentage 10.10% 5.64%
CM before election

President's rule
N/A

Elected CM

Harihar Singh
INC(R)

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.

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