Constituency
139. Rajmahal
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-RAJMAHAL
SWA 47.3%won by 16.9%INC 30.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 16.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SWA vote shareSWA went from 35.9% to 47.3% of the vote here (+11.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.7% between them, down from 94.6% — 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
41,167
Margin
6,957
16.90%
Candidates
8 contested · winner SWA- 1N. DOKANIESwatantra Party · SWA19,47847.3%
- 2H.A. HAQUEIndian National Congress · INC12,52130.4%
- 3R. NARAYANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,35610.6%
- 4R.C. YADAVIndependent · IND1,8654.5%
- 5C. HAZIRAIndependent · IND1,3773.3%
- 6C.M. SHAMIMCommunist Party of India · CPI8412.0%
- 7S. SINGHIndependent · IND4071.0%
- 8D.L.P. AGRAWALIndependent · IND3220.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SWAflipped
- SWA–INC swing
- +39.6%
- SWA share
- 35.9% → 47.3%
- INC share
- 58.7% → 30.4%
- Turnout
- — → —