Constituency
79. Jainagar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-JAINAGAR
INC 45.6%won by 16.4%CPI 29.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.5% to 16.4%.
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 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.9% between them, down from 82.8% — 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
38,719
Margin
6,347
16.39%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1R. PASWANIndian National Congress · INC17,66845.6%
- 2S. PASWANCommunist Party of India · CPI11,32129.2%
- 3R.K. PASWANIndependent · IND4,05310.5%
- 4A.N. DASBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,8757.4%
- 5T.L. PASWANIndependent · IND2,8027.2%
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–CPI swing
- −8.1%
- INC share
- 53.6% → 45.6%
- CPI share
- 29.1% → 29.2%
- Turnout
- — → —