Constituency
154. Poraiyahat
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-PORAIYAHAT
BJS 26.0%won by 3.7%IND 22.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 3.7%.
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 26.0% of the vote here (+26.0%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janahitha Paksha (JP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.2% between them, down from 87.6% — 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
27,217
Margin
1,014
3.73%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJS- 1M. MURMUBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,07126.0%
- 2C. HEMBROMIndependent · IND6,05722.3%
- 3J. KISKUIndependent · IND4,87417.9%
- 4P. MURMUIndian National Congress · INC4,64717.1%
- 5N.L. MARANDIPraja Socialist Party · PSP9303.4%
- 6K. MURMUJKD · JKD8953.3%
- 7S.R. MURMUIndependent · IND8873.3%
- 8S. MARANDIIndependent · IND7222.7%
- 9Y. MURMUSwatantra Party · SWA6812.5%
- 10S. MURMUIndependent · IND4531.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–IND swing
- +6.8%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 26.0%
- IND share
- 3.1% → 22.3%
- Turnout
- — → —