Constituency
15. Dhaka
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-DHAKA
PSP 43.0%won by 12.2%INC 30.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 12.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 2.6% to 43.0% of the vote here (+40.4%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Indian National Congress (INC).
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
41,276
Margin
5,040
12.21%
Candidates
7 contested · winner PSP- 1S.N. SHARMAPraja Socialist Party · PSP17,74743.0%
- 2I. WAHSHIIndian National Congress · INC12,70730.8%
- 3N.M. AKHTARCommunist Party of India · CPI5,32112.9%
- 4M.Z. AHSANIndependent · IND2,5736.2%
- 5V.P. SINHASwatantra Party · SWA1,5103.7%
- 6S. PRASADIndependent · IND7221.7%
- 7R. CHOUDHURBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6961.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–INC swing
- +35.1%
- PSP share
- 2.6% → 43.0%
- INC share
- 25.5% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- — → —