Constituency
216. Dumraon
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-DUMRAON
IND 31.4%won by 6.0%CPI 25.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 6.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 19.1% to 31.4% of the vote here (+12.3%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 25.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
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
46,352
Margin
2,791
6.02%
Candidates
7 contested · winner IND- 1H. P. SINGHIndependent · IND14,53931.4%
- 2S. PRASADCommunist Party of India · CPI11,74825.3%
- 3G. P. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC8,68818.7%
- 4B. SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP4,78610.3%
- 5B. PARVATBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,0926.7%
- 6S. GARERIIndependent · IND2,4335.2%
- 7S. SINGHIndependent · IND1,0662.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–CPI swing
- −13.1%
- IND share
- 19.1% → 31.4%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 25.3%
- Turnout
- — → —