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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1969 Bihar legislative assembly election
| country = India
| flag_year =
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = 1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1967
| next_election = 1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1972
| election_date =
| seats_for_election = 318 seats to the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| turnout =

| leader1 = [[Harihar Singh]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| seats1 = 118
| popular_vote1 = 4,570,413
| percentage1 = 30.46%

| leader2 = [[B. P. Mandal]]
| party2 = Samyukta Socialist Party
| seats2 = 52
| popular_vote2 = 2,052,274
| percentage2 = 13.68%

| leader3 =
| party3 = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
| seats3 = 34
| popular_vote3 = 2,345,780
| percentage3 = 15.63%

| leader4 =
| party4 = Communist Party of India
| seats4 = 25
| popular_vote4 = 1,515,105
| percentage4 = 10.10%

| leader5 =
| party5 = Praja Socialist Party
| seats5 = 18
| popular_vote5 = 846,563
| percentage5 = 5.64%
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle =
| before_election = [[President's rule]]
| before_colour =
| after_election = [[Harihar Singh]]
| after_colour =
| before_party = N/A
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}

'''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]].<ref name="Varma1970">{{cite book|author=Vishwanath Prasad Varma|title=A Study of the Mid-term Elections in Bihar 1969|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x2HVAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Institute of Public Administration|page=221}}</ref>

==Results==
{{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]
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Bihar elections}}

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[[Category:State Assembly elections in Bihar]]
[[Category:1960s in Bihar]]
[[Category:1969 State Assembly elections in India|Bihar]]

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