Constituency
80. Rajmahal
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-RAJMAHAL
INC 27.9%won by 4.3%SWA 23.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janahitha Paksha (JP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 39.6% to 27.9% of the vote here (−11.7%).
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 23.6% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.5% between them, down from 92.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.6% to 32.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,54,582
Turnout
32.7%
Valid votes
1,48,837
Margin
6,405
4.30%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1I. MARANDIIndian National Congress · INC41,51527.9%
- 2R. S. BESRASwatantra Party · SWA35,11023.6%
- 3S. MURMUIndependent · IND27,56718.5%
- 4R. MARANDIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS22,98715.4%
- 5G. MURMUIndependent · IND11,7927.9%
- 6N. TUDUIndependent · IND9,8666.6%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- −35.3%
- INC share
- 39.6% → 27.9%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 23.6%
- Turnout
- 36.3% → 32.7%