Constituency
275. Topchanchi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-TOPCHANCHI
IND 56.2%won by 28.3%INC 27.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 28.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 2.4% to 56.2% of the vote here (+53.7%).
- Safe seatIndependent won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 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
42,041
Margin
11,914
28.34%
Candidates
5 contested · winner IND- 1P. N. SINGHIndependent · IND23,60856.2%
- 2S. D. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC11,69427.8%
- 3R. S. CHOUDHRYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,2147.6%
- 4R. K. PATHAKSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,4765.9%
- 5N. C. MAHATOIndependent · IND1,0492.5%
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
- +53.2%
- IND share
- 2.4% → 56.2%
- INC share
- 27.3% → 27.8%
- Turnout
- — → —