Constituency
254. Nawada
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-NAWADA
INC 33.8%won by 5.9%BJS 27.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: JS (JS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 27.9% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Multi-cornered4 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
53,650
Margin
3,160
5.89%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1R. S. P. YADAVIndian National Congress · INC18,12433.8%
- 2G. S. KESHARIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS14,96427.9%
- 3G. S. VIDYARTHICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,60227.2%
- 4J. P. YADAVIndependent · IND2,8105.2%
- 5B. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,0263.8%
- 6R. SINGHIndependent · IND1,1242.1%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- −26.5%
- INC share
- 32.4% → 33.8%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 27.9%
- Turnout
- — → —