Constituency
152. Dumka
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-DUMKA
BJS 29.5%won by 2.4%IND 27.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janahitha Paksha (JP) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 2.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJS vote shareBJS went from 0.0% to 29.5% of the vote here (+29.5%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.6% between them, down from 92.9% — 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
21,293
Margin
507
2.38%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJS- 1G. MARANDIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,27529.5%
- 2K.R. TUDUIndependent · IND5,76827.1%
- 3D. SORENIndian National Congress · INC5,60426.3%
- 4D. MURMUCommunist Party of India · CPI2,46711.6%
- 5P. MURMUSwatantra Party · SWA8794.1%
- 6K. KISKUIndependent · IND3001.4%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JP
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–IND swing
- +6.5%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 29.5%
- IND share
- 4.1% → 27.1%
- Turnout
- — → —