Constituency
298. Khunti
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-KHUNTI
INC 48.3%won by 33.3%IND 15.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janahitha Paksha (JP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 33.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 19.9% to 48.3% of the vote here (+28.4%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.3% between them, down from 73.6% — 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
24,635
Margin
8,213
33.34%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1T. M. MUNDAIndian National Congress · INC11,90948.3%
- 2P. KACHHAPIndependent · IND3,69615.0%
- 3J. MUNDABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,38313.7%
- 4K. PAHANSwatantra Party · SWA2,2939.3%
- 5I. PAHANIndependent · IND2,0688.4%
- 6B. S. MUNDAIndependent · IND6462.6%
- 7H. R. MUNDAIndependent · IND6402.6%
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–IND swing
- +21.9%
- INC share
- 19.9% → 48.3%
- IND share
- 8.5% → 15.0%
- Turnout
- — → —