Constituency
221. Chainpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-CHAINPUR
INC 40.0%won by 16.7%PSP 23.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 16.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.3% between them, down from 83.8% — 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
50,858
Margin
8,503
16.72%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1M. C. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC20,35340.0%
- 2B. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP11,85023.3%
- 3LALMUNIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,47312.7%
- 4D. SINGHIndependent · IND5,94411.7%
- 5V. B. SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA3,4176.7%
- 6R. N. HRIJANIndependent · IND1,8633.7%
- 7G. D. GUPTAIndependent · IND9581.9%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −20.0%
- INC share
- 43.6% → 40.0%
- PSP share
- 6.8% → 23.3%
- Turnout
- — → —