Constituency
288. Seraikella
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-SERAIKELLA
BJS 48.5%won by 25.6%INC 23.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 25.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJS vote shareBJS went from 0.0% to 48.5% of the vote here (+48.5%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janahitha Paksha (JP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.5% between them, down from 81.2% — 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
34,056
Margin
8,710
25.58%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJS- 1R.P. SARANGIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS16,53148.5%
- 2N.N. S. DEOIndian National Congress · INC7,82123.0%
- 3S. MAHATOCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,2566.6%
- 4H.DASIndependent · IND1,9695.8%
- 5K. MAJHIIndependent · IND1,5604.6%
- 6J. NANDIIndependent · IND1,3403.9%
- 7D. MAJHISamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,0903.2%
- 8H. MAHATOIndependent · IND8322.4%
- 9U. TRIPATHISwatantra Party · SWA6571.9%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–INC swing
- +44.3%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 48.5%
- INC share
- 18.8% → 23.0%
- Turnout
- — → —