Constituency
261. Jamua
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-JAMUA
INC 56.6%won by 35.1%BJS 21.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 35.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.8% to 56.6% of the vote here (+24.9%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 21.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.1% between them, down from 84.3% — 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
33,532
Margin
11,784
35.14%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1S. PRASADIndian National Congress · INC18,98956.6%
- 2R. L. P. VERMABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,20521.5%
- 3I. N. SINGHIndependent · IND5,99317.9%
- 4S. PANDEYCommunist Party of India · CPI1,3454.0%
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–BJS swing
- +3.4%
- INC share
- 31.8% → 56.6%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 21.5%
- Turnout
- — → —