Constituency
161. Gopalpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-GOPALPUR
CPI 35.5%won by 4.4%INC 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 4.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.5% between them, down from 92.7% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered5 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
49,293
Margin
2,192
4.45%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1M. SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI17,47735.5%
- 2M. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC15,28531.0%
- 3R.C. MANDALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,67213.5%
- 4G. THAKURPraja Socialist Party · PSP6,06012.3%
- 5S. YADAVSwatantra Party · SWA2,6815.4%
- 6R.N. MANDALIndependent · IND1,1182.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +27.1%
- CPI share
- 35.1% → 35.5%
- INC share
- 57.7% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- — → —