Constituency
108. Lohardaga
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-LOHARDAGA
INC 39.8%won by 21.4%BJS 18.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.7% to 39.8% of the vote here (+8.1%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 18.4% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.2% between them, down from 75.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.1% to 33.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,63,997
Turnout
33.7%
Valid votes
1,56,439
Margin
33,486
21.41%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1K. DORAONIndian National Congress · INC62,26039.8%
- 2S. BARAIKBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS28,77418.4%
- 3D. MUNZNIIndependent · IND26,65617.0%
- 4S. BHAGATIndependent · IND17,40211.1%
- 5J. ORAONSwatantra Party · SWA15,74710.1%
- 6R. KHALKHOIndependent · IND5,6003.6%
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–BJS swing
- −10.3%
- INC share
- 31.7% → 39.8%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 18.4%
- Turnout
- 35.8% → 33.7%