Constituency
140. Bhilwara
Community mirrorRajasthan Assembly Election, 1967
RJ-BHILWARA
INC 54.8%won by 27.4%BJS 27.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.3% to 27.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 27.4% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.1% of the vote between them, up from 71.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
37,924
Margin
10,396
27.41%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1R. P. LACHAIndian National Congress · INC20,76954.8%
- 2G. LALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS10,37327.4%
- 3P. TRAPATHISamyukta Socialist Party · SSP4,37711.5%
- 4P. DEVIPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,3413.5%
- 5S. DEOIndependent · IND6271.7%
- 6M. LAHOTIIndependent · IND4371.2%
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–BJS swing
- −22.9%
- INC share
- 50.3% → 54.8%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 27.4%
- Turnout
- — → —