Constituency
260. Gawan
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-GAWAN
INC 39.2%won by 14.0%IND 25.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 34.1% to 39.2% of the vote here (+5.1%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.4% between them, down from 81.6% — 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
22,082
Margin
3,100
14.04%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1G. RABIDASIndian National Congress · INC8,66539.2%
- 2J. L. DASIndependent · IND5,56525.2%
- 3B. MAHATHABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,17518.9%
- 4B. DASSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,9198.7%
- 5B. PASIIndependent · IND1,7588.0%
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
- −14.3%
- INC share
- 34.1% → 39.2%
- IND share
- 5.8% → 25.2%
- Turnout
- — → —