Constituency
296. Tamar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-TAMAR
INC 37.1%won by 15.9%BJS 21.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janahitha Paksha (JP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 32.4% to 37.1% of the vote here (+4.7%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 21.2% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.3% between them, down from 69.1% — 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
20,324
Margin
3,235
15.92%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1B. R. MUNDAIndian National Congress · INC7,53737.1%
- 2A. PATARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,30221.2%
- 3D. SINGHIndependent · IND3,46317.0%
- 4M. G. P. SINGHJKD · JKD1,7148.4%
- 5D. S. MUNDAIndependent · IND1,7088.4%
- 6S. NAGSwatantra Party · SWA9704.8%
- 7J. S. MUNDAIndependent · IND6303.1%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- −16.4%
- INC share
- 32.4% → 37.1%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 21.2%
- Turnout
- — → —