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Constituency

144. Maheshpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1967

BR-MAHESHPUR

IND 44.3%won by 15.4%SWA 28.8%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
20,616
Margin
3,183
15.44%

Candidates

3 contested · winner IND
  1. 1P. HASDAKIndependent · IND9,12644.3%
  2. 2J. MURMUSwatantra Party · SWA5,94328.8%
  3. 3L. MURMUIndian National Congress · INC5,54726.9%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
SWA
Winner now
INDflipped
INDSWA swing
+52.2%
IND share
3.2% 44.3%
SWA share
40.0% 28.8%
Turnout