Constituency
305. Chainpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-CHAINPUR
INC 31.8%won by 8.5%IND 23.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 8.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.2% between them, down from 83.8% — 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
32,894
Margin
2,800
8.51%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1S. TIGGAIndian National Congress · INC10,47431.8%
- 2B. BHAGATIndependent · IND7,67423.3%
- 3V. TIRKEYIndependent · IND3,74411.4%
- 4A. ORAONIndependent · IND3,61711.0%
- 5G. MAHTOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,3527.2%
- 6D. MAHTOSwatantra Party · SWA1,6635.1%
- 7M. KUJURIndependent · IND1,2653.8%
- 8J. BHAGATIndependent · IND1,0573.2%
- 9Y. KERKETTAIndependent · IND1,0483.2%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −27.6%
- INC share
- 43.6% → 31.8%
- IND share
- 7.4% → 23.3%
- Turnout
- — → —