Constituency
5. Sikta
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-SIKTA
CPM 49.9%won by 6.2%INC 43.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 6.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 49.9% of the vote here (+49.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.7% of the vote between them, up from 72.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
40,046
Margin
2,481
6.20%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1U.S. SHUKLACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM19,99649.9%
- 2R. AZAMIndian National Congress · INC17,51543.7%
- 3R.N. SINGHIndependent · IND1,4763.7%
- 4R. HUSAINSwatantra Party · SWA1,0592.6%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +41.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 49.9%
- INC share
- 35.1% → 43.7%
- Turnout
- — → —