Constituency
27. Siwan
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-SIWAN
INC 37.0%won by 1.2%BJS 35.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: JS (JS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 35.8% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.8% between them, down from 90.9% — 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
46,791
Margin
562
1.20%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1R. CHOWDHRYIndian National Congress · INC17,31237.0%
- 2J.TIWARIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS16,75035.8%
- 3J.P. SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI7,06315.1%
- 4S.K. SINGHIndependent · IND1,9664.2%
- 5B.L. PRASADIndependent · IND1,3082.8%
- 6B.K. AZADSwatantra Party · SWA1,0612.3%
- 7S. PRASADIndependent · IND9101.9%
- 8B.P. MISHRIWALAPraja Socialist Party · PSP4210.9%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- −32.9%
- INC share
- 34.1% → 37.0%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 35.8%
- Turnout
- — → —