Constituency
147. Jamtara
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-JAMTARA
CPI 37.3%won by 2.1%INC 35.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 2.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 37.3% of the vote here (+37.3%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.6% of the vote between them, up from 64.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
28,230
Margin
579
2.05%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPI- 1S. BESRACommunist Party of India · CPI10,53637.3%
- 2K.P. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,95735.3%
- 3G.C. CHOUDHRYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,52512.5%
- 4M.H. RASHIDIndependent · IND1,3985.0%
- 5B. MANDALIndependent · IND1,1514.1%
- 6S. SAHIndependent · IND6482.3%
- 7Y.S. SINGHJKD · JKD6102.2%
- 8K.P. MURMUIndependent · IND4051.4%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +28.2%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 37.3%
- INC share
- 26.1% → 35.3%
- Turnout
- — → —