Constituency
46. Sonepur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-SONEPUR
INC 45.6%won by 20.2%BJS 25.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 20.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 36.1% to 45.6% of the vote here (+9.4%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 25.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
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
58,456
Margin
11,821
20.22%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1R.J.S. YADAVIndian National Congress · INC26,63645.6%
- 2B.B. ROYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS14,81525.3%
- 3S.B. SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI12,79421.9%
- 4B.K. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,9175.0%
- 5B. SINGHIndependent · IND1,2942.2%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- −15.9%
- INC share
- 36.1% → 45.6%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 25.3%
- Turnout
- — → —