Constituency
82. Dumka
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-DUMKA
INC 38.8%won by 7.8%CPI 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.8% to 7.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 31.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,78,393
Turnout
32.4%
Valid votes
1,54,814
Margin
12,040
7.78%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1S. C. BESRAIndian National Congress · INC60,10838.8%
- 2B. MARANDICommunist Party of India · CPI48,06831.0%
- 3C. SORENBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS19,25812.4%
- 4H. TUDUIndependent · IND16,55310.7%
- 5S. HANSDAIndependent · IND10,8277.0%
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–CPI swing
- −30.0%
- INC share
- 37.7% → 38.8%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- 33.5% → 32.4%