Constituency
314. Garhwa
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-GARHWA
INC 36.3%won by 8.4%SSP 27.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 22.9% to 36.3% of the vote here (+13.4%).
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 27.9% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.2% between them, down from 92.8% — 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
33,655
Margin
2,841
8.44%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1L. PRASADIndian National Congress · INC12,22736.3%
- 2V. N. DIXITSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP9,38627.9%
- 3G. N. P. SINGHIndependent · IND5,59816.6%
- 4C. B. PATELBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,75814.1%
- 5R. P. SINGHIndependent · IND1,6865.0%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SSP swing
- −14.5%
- INC share
- 22.9% → 36.3%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 27.9%
- Turnout
- — → —