Constituency
259. Dhanwar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-DHANWAR
INC 47.2%won by 28.0%IND 19.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 28.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 40.9% to 47.2% of the vote here (+6.3%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.4% 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
27,344
Margin
7,669
28.05%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1P. RAIIndian National Congress · INC12,91547.2%
- 2N. RAIIndependent · IND5,24619.2%
- 3R. P. AGRAWALSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP3,35012.3%
- 4K. N. SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA2,98110.9%
- 5R. K. P. AMBASTABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,85210.4%
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
- −9.5%
- INC share
- 40.9% → 47.2%
- IND share
- 3.3% → 19.2%
- Turnout
- — → —