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Constituency

221. Chainpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1967

BR-CHAINPUR

INC 40.0%won by 16.7%PSP 23.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
50,858
Margin
8,503
16.72%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−20.0%
INC share
43.6% 40.0%
PSP share
6.8% 23.3%
Turnout