Constituency
101. Giridih
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-GIRIDIH
INC 35.1%won by 1.9%IND 33.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.3% between them, down from 78.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.8% to 41.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,88,257
Turnout
41.0%
Valid votes
2,00,083
Margin
3,831
1.91%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1A. I. AHMADIndian National Congress · INC70,21935.1%
- 2M. S. OBERAYIndependent · IND66,38833.2%
- 3R. K. PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS37,91518.9%
- 4S. K. SAHAYCommunist Party of India · CPI25,56112.8%
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
- −30.7%
- INC share
- 37.8% → 35.1%
- IND share
- 5.2% → 33.2%
- Turnout
- 33.2% → 41.0%