Constituency
313. Daltonganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-DALTONGANJ
SSP 50.5%won by 31.1%BJS 19.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 31.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SSP vote shareSSP went from 0.0% to 50.5% of the vote here (+50.5%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 19.4% — it did not contest here in 1962.
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
35,182
Margin
10,938
31.09%
Candidates
8 contested · winner SSP- 1P. CHANDSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP17,75450.5%
- 2I. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,81619.4%
- 3L. S. RAMIndian National Congress · INC6,79119.3%
- 4M. M. SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA9962.8%
- 5M. VERMAPraja Socialist Party · PSP8462.4%
- 6B. N. PRASADIndependent · IND7132.0%
- 7R. P. SINGHIndependent · IND6511.9%
- 8R. P. SINGHJKD · JKD6151.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- SSPflipped
- SSP–BJS swing
- +31.1%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 50.5%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 19.4%
- Turnout
- — → —