Constituency
38. Baniapur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-BANIAPUR
INC 46.9%won by 16.9%SSP 30.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.3% to 16.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 30.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.9% between them, down from 90.0% — 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
41,424
Margin
7,014
16.93%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1U. PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC19,43046.9%
- 2R. MISHRASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP12,41630.0%
- 3J.P. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP6,38215.4%
- 4Y. PANDEYIndependent · IND3,1967.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SSP swing
- −31.7%
- INC share
- 48.7% → 46.9%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 30.0%
- Turnout
- — → —