Constituency
205. Patna East
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-PATNA-EAST
BJS 61.9%won by 46.2%INC 15.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 46.2%.
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 61.9% of the vote here (+61.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.5% of the vote between them, up from 61.5% — 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
43,215
Margin
19,951
46.17%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJS- 1R D. MAHTOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS26,73061.9%
- 2J. AHMADIndian National Congress · INC6,77915.7%
- 3S. M. AHSANUZAFFARIndependent · IND5,74713.3%
- 4J. THAKURSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,7464.0%
- 5R. P. VERMAIndependent · IND9282.1%
- 6B. M. LALSwatantra Party · SWA6841.6%
- 7R. N. YADAVAIndependent · IND6011.4%
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–INC swing
- +81.2%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 61.9%
- INC share
- 35.1% → 15.7%
- Turnout
- — → —