Constituency
242. Nabinagar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-NABINAGAR
INC 58.6%won by 36.6%CPI 22.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 33.5% to 36.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 22.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
48,721
Margin
17,824
36.58%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1S. N. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC28,53558.6%
- 2M. B. AKELACommunist Party of India · CPI10,71122.0%
- 3K. N. SINGHIndependent · IND3,2766.7%
- 4J. SINGHIndependent · IND2,2784.7%
- 5N. K. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,1462.4%
- 6B. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP9141.9%
- 7I. SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA7241.5%
- 8R. GIRIndependent · IND6631.4%
- 9H. RAMIndependent · IND4741.0%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −21.2%
- INC share
- 57.7% → 58.6%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 22.0%
- Turnout
- — → —