Constituency
248. Bodh Gaya
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-BODH-GAYA
INC 41.9%won by 11.7%IND 30.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 36.8% to 41.9% of the vote here (+5.1%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 30.2% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.1% between them, down from 95.8% — 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
24,150
Margin
2,822
11.69%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1R. MANJHIIndian National Congress · INC10,11641.9%
- 2B. L. PRASADIndependent · IND7,29430.2%
- 3R. K. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,41414.1%
- 4K. HARIJANIndependent · IND1,9528.1%
- 5G. MANJHISwatantra Party · SWA1,3745.7%
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
- −25.1%
- INC share
- 36.8% → 41.9%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 30.2%
- Turnout
- — → —