Constituency
269. Chatra
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-CHATRA
IND 29.1%won by 5.0%INC 24.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 5.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 0.0% to 29.1% of the vote here (+29.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.2% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
28,153
Margin
1,411
5.01%
Candidates
7 contested · winner IND- 1K. P. SINGHIndependent · IND8,19029.1%
- 2S. DEVIIndian National Congress · INC6,77924.1%
- 3J. P. JAISWALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,80620.6%
- 4K. B. SAHAYIndependent · IND4,22315.0%
- 5C. S. AZADPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,5375.5%
- 6B. SAHUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,1444.1%
- 7M. SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA4741.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +27.9%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 29.1%
- INC share
- 22.9% → 24.1%
- Turnout
- — → —