Constituency
256. Warsaliganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-WARSALIGANJ
CPI 45.4%won by 15.2%INC 30.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 15.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 35.1% to 45.4% of the vote here (+10.3%).
- 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
44,054
Margin
6,711
15.23%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPI- 1D. PRASADCommunist Party of India · CPI20,00645.4%
- 2R. K. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC13,29530.2%
- 3R. R. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,74222.1%
- 4G. SHARMAPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,0112.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +24.2%
- CPI share
- 35.1% → 45.4%
- INC share
- 44.1% → 30.2%
- Turnout
- — → —