Constituency
21. Gobindganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-GOBINDGANJ
INC 32.6%won by 1.9%BJS 30.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.6% to 1.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.4% between them, down from 84.8% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
31,389
Margin
583
1.86%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1D.N.M. TRIPATHIIndian National Congress · INC10,24332.6%
- 2G.S. PANDEYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,66030.8%
- 3B.N. SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM5,45917.4%
- 4S. PATHAKCommunist Party of India · CPI2,9859.5%
- 5R.D. DEOIndependent · IND2,1016.7%
- 6R. MISHRAIndependent · IND9413.0%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −46.4%
- INC share
- 48.2% → 32.6%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- — → —