Constituency
293. Chakradharpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-CHAKRADHARPUR
BJS 52.5%won by 29.1%INC 23.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 29.1%.
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 52.5% of the vote here (+52.5%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janahitha Paksha (JP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.9% of the vote between them, up from 68.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
25,240
Margin
7,338
29.07%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJS- 1M. MAJHIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS13,24952.5%
- 2S. SAMADIndian National Congress · INC5,91123.4%
- 3M. MUNDAIndependent · IND1,1264.5%
- 4L. S. MUNDAIndependent · IND9893.9%
- 5N. MUNDAIndependent · IND9343.7%
- 6D. TIUSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP9193.6%
- 7K. S. MELGANDIPraja Socialist Party · PSP8223.3%
- 8R. R. BODRAIndependent · IND6922.7%
- 9S. MAJHIIndependent · IND5982.4%
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
- +50.5%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 52.5%
- INC share
- 21.5% → 23.4%
- Turnout
- — → —