Constituency
81. Jhanjharpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-JHANJHARPUR
INC 40.9%won by 5.5%SSP 35.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.5% to 5.5%.
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 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 35.4% — it did not contest here in 1962.
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
48,704
Margin
2,691
5.53%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1H. MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC19,92340.9%
- 2R. CHAUDHURYSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP17,23235.4%
- 3B.N. MISHRABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,0436.2%
- 4M. BADRUDDINIndependent · IND2,9186.0%
- 5R. YADAVPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,8305.8%
- 6P.N.S. THAKURSwatantra Party · SWA2,1084.3%
- 7B. JHAIndependent · IND6501.3%
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–SSP swing
- −38.9%
- INC share
- 44.5% → 40.9%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 35.4%
- Turnout
- — → —