Constituency
166. Banka
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-BANKA
BJS 44.9%won by 13.2%INC 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 13.2%.
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 44.9% of the vote here (+44.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.7% between them, down from 91.4% — 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
40,748
Margin
5,367
13.17%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BJS- 1B.L. MANDALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS18,31244.9%
- 2B.B. DEVIIndian National Congress · INC12,94531.8%
- 3S.P. SINGHIndependent · IND8,43620.7%
- 4G.P. SINGHIndependent · IND1,0552.6%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–INC swing
- +55.3%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 44.9%
- INC share
- 42.1% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —