Constituency
144. Maheshpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-MAHESHPUR
IND 44.3%won by 15.4%SWA 28.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 15.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 3.2% to 44.3% of the vote here (+41.0%).
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
20,616
Margin
3,183
15.44%
Candidates
3 contested · winner IND- 1P. HASDAKIndependent · IND9,12644.3%
- 2J. MURMUSwatantra Party · SWA5,94328.8%
- 3L. MURMUIndian National Congress · INC5,54726.9%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–SWA swing
- +52.2%
- IND share
- 3.2% → 44.3%
- SWA share
- 40.0% → 28.8%
- Turnout
- — → —