Constituency
315. Bhawanathpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-BHAWANATHPUR
INC 50.4%won by 13.4%SSP 37.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 19.8% to 50.4% of the vote here (+30.6%).
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 37.0% — 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
34,988
Margin
4,697
13.42%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1S. P. DEOIndian National Congress · INC17,64650.4%
- 2H. PRATAPSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP12,94937.0%
- 3B. PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,0238.6%
- 4J. TIWARIIndependent · IND1,3703.9%
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
- −6.4%
- INC share
- 19.8% → 50.4%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 37.0%
- Turnout
- — → —