Constituency
8. Bettiah
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-BETTIAH
IND 40.7%won by 16.4%INC 24.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 16.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 0.0% to 40.7% of the vote here (+40.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.9% between them, down from 79.5% — the field split more ways.
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
44,454
Margin
7,297
16.41%
Candidates
9 contested · winner IND- 1H.P. SHAHIIndependent · IND18,08140.7%
- 2S.P. VERMAIndian National Congress · INC10,78424.3%
- 3M.L. SINGHANIABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8,23718.5%
- 4G. RAISwatantra Party · SWA3,0786.9%
- 5ALLAUDDINIndependent · IND1,3823.1%
- 6K. MALLSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,1902.7%
- 7K. PRASADIndependent · IND7911.8%
- 8A. KHAIRPraja Socialist Party · PSP6571.5%
- 9R.S. ARUNESHIndependent · IND2540.6%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +72.4%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 40.7%
- INC share
- 56.0% → 24.3%
- Turnout
- — → —