Constituency
106. Singhbhum
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-SINGHBHUM
IND 23.4%won by 2.7%BJS 20.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janahitha Paksha (JP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 2.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 17.2% to 23.4% of the vote here (+6.2%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 20.7% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 44.1% between them, down from 70.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.0% to 27.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,88,906
Turnout
27.3%
Valid votes
1,33,549
Margin
3,627
2.72%
Candidates
6 contested · winner IND- 1K. BIRUAIndependent · IND31,25423.4%
- 2M.L. SOYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS27,62720.7%
- 3H. SOYIndian National Congress · INC23,88717.9%
- 4S. HEMBROMSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP23,66917.7%
- 5L. DEOGAMIndependent · IND16,52712.4%
- 6L. BARIPraja Socialist Party · PSP10,5857.9%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JP
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–BJS swing
- −14.4%
- IND share
- 17.2% → 23.4%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 20.7%
- Turnout
- 30.3% → 27.3%