Constituency
86. Jamui
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-JAMUI
INC 40.3%won by 4.7%CPI 35.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.4% to 4.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.5% to 54.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,76,715
Turnout
54.6%
Valid votes
3,15,070
Margin
14,852
4.71%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1N. T. DASIndian National Congress · INC1,27,01840.3%
- 2B. MANJHICommunist Party of India · CPI1,12,16635.6%
- 3R. P. VERMAPraja Socialist Party · PSP55,98117.8%
- 4D. N. RAJAKBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS19,9056.3%
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
- −21.5%
- INC share
- 49.5% → 40.3%
- CPI share
- 23.3% → 35.6%
- Turnout
- 50.2% → 54.6%