Constituency
233. Arwal
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-ARWAL
CPI 58.1%won by 39.4%IND 18.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 39.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 31.7% to 58.1% of the vote here (+26.4%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.7% of the vote between them, up from 64.0% — 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
45,052
Margin
17,764
39.43%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1S. ZOHAIRCommunist Party of India · CPI26,15958.1%
- 2J. SINGHIndependent · IND8,39518.6%
- 3B. MEHTAIndian National Congress · INC7,55216.8%
- 4M. SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA1,1642.6%
- 5R. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP8912.0%
- 6U. SHARMAIndependent · IND8912.0%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–IND swing
- +9.8%
- CPI share
- 31.7% → 58.1%
- IND share
- 2.1% → 18.6%
- Turnout
- — → —