Constituency
142. Litipara
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-LITIPARA
IND 33.9%won by 9.8%BJS 24.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janahitha Paksha (JP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 9.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 7.7% to 33.9% of the vote here (+26.2%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 24.1% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.0% between them, down from 76.9% — 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
18,031
Margin
1,775
9.84%
Candidates
7 contested · winner IND- 1B. MURMUIndependent · IND6,11333.9%
- 2S. BASKIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,33824.1%
- 3R.C. KISKUIndian National Congress · INC3,70320.5%
- 4K. MARANDICommunist Party of India · CPI2,43713.5%
- 5B. HEMBRAMSwatantra Party · SWA6963.9%
- 6J. KISKUIndependent · IND4792.7%
- 7H. KISKUIndependent · IND2651.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JP
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–BJS swing
- +2.2%
- IND share
- 7.7% → 33.9%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 24.1%
- Turnout
- — → —