Constituency
304. Simdega
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-SIMDEGA
IND 33.1%won by 7.0%BJS 26.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janahitha Paksha (JP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 7.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 3.5% to 33.1% of the vote here (+29.7%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 26.2% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.3% between them, down from 77.0% — 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
34,160
Margin
2,376
6.96%
Candidates
8 contested · winner IND- 1P. TOPPOIndependent · IND11,31433.1%
- 2B. BHAGATBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8,93826.2%
- 3S. TIRKEYSwatantra Party · SWA4,52013.2%
- 4A. KERKETTAIndian National Congress · INC4,07411.9%
- 5P. EKKAIndependent · IND2,2696.6%
- 6K. KHARIAIndependent · IND1,8285.4%
- 7S. B. TANAIndependent · IND8662.5%
- 8S. BESRAIndependent · IND3511.0%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JP
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–BJS swing
- +3.5%
- IND share
- 3.5% → 33.1%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 26.2%
- Turnout
- — → —