Constituency
255. Rajauli
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-RAJAULI
INC 33.7%won by 0.4%BJS 33.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.3% to 0.4%.
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 33.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 66.9% of the vote between them, up from 57.9% — 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
34,402
Margin
146
0.42%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1S. DEVIIndian National Congress · INC11,58533.7%
- 2B. LALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS11,43933.3%
- 3C. RAMIndependent · IND6,17818.0%
- 4S. CHAUDHARYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM5,20015.1%
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–BJS swing
- −32.6%
- INC share
- 33.1% → 33.7%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 33.3%
- Turnout
- — → —