Constituency
16. Patabi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-PATABI
PSP 48.1%won by 15.6%IND 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 15.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 26.7% to 48.1% of the vote here (+21.4%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.6% of the vote between them, up from 61.8% — 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
44,169
Margin
6,872
15.56%
Candidates
5 contested · winner PSP- 1R. SINHAPraja Socialist Party · PSP21,22948.1%
- 2N. SINHAIndependent · IND14,35732.5%
- 3B. KUMARIndian National Congress · INC5,65912.8%
- 4B.M. JHABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,8314.1%
- 5M. SINHAIndependent · IND1,0932.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–IND swing
- +6.3%
- PSP share
- 26.7% → 48.1%
- IND share
- 17.4% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- — → —