Constituency
317. Bishrampur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-BISHRAMPUR
INC 52.7%won by 23.4%IND 29.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 23.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 27.9% to 52.7% of the vote here (+24.9%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.1% between them, down from 89.4% — 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
26,347
Margin
6,166
23.40%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1R. D. RAMIndian National Congress · INC13,89752.7%
- 2R. K. RAMIndependent · IND7,73129.3%
- 3R. B. RAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,76710.5%
- 4R. P. RAMIndependent · IND1,0624.0%
- 5J. RAMIndependent · IND8903.4%
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–IND swing
- −4.5%
- INC share
- 27.9% → 52.7%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 29.3%
- Turnout
- — → —