Constituency
297. Tokpa
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-TOKPA
INC 27.7%won by 5.2%BJS 22.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janahitha Paksha (JP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 8.4% to 27.7% of the vote here (+19.3%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 22.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.2% between them, down from 91.6% — 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
34,349
Margin
1,777
5.17%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1S. PAHANIndian National Congress · INC9,51427.7%
- 2D. F. BHENGRABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,73722.5%
- 3S. HOROIndependent · IND6,25918.2%
- 4S. MUNDAIndependent · IND5,34315.6%
- 5J. KANDULNASwatantra Party · SWA4,56313.3%
- 6T. KANDULNAIndependent · IND9332.7%
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
- −3.3%
- INC share
- 8.4% → 27.7%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 22.5%
- Turnout
- — → —