Constituency
244. Rafiganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-RAFIGANJ
INC 51.1%won by 32.8%IND 18.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 32.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 34.5% to 51.1% of the vote here (+16.5%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 18.3% — it polled just 1.9% in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.3% between them, down from 91.0% — 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
35,030
Margin
11,484
32.78%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1D. RAMIndian National Congress · INC17,88351.1%
- 2R. RAMIndependent · IND6,39918.3%
- 3B. N. GUPTASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP4,33312.4%
- 4D. MODIPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,8935.4%
- 5R. RAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,6334.7%
- 6SHYAMDEOIndependent · IND1,5984.6%
- 7N. L. BHUIYANSwatantra Party · SWA8482.4%
- 8R. RAMIndependent · IND4431.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- +0.1%
- INC share
- 34.5% → 51.1%
- IND share
- 1.9% → 18.3%
- Turnout
- — → —