Constituency
47. Hajipur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-HAJIPUR
CPI 38.2%won by 10.6%SSP 27.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 10.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 33.5% to 38.2% of the vote here (+4.7%).
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 27.6% — 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
69,658
Margin
7,387
10.60%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1K.P. SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI26,62038.2%
- 2M.S. KAMANSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP19,23327.6%
- 3S.N. SAHUIndian National Congress · INC11,00315.8%
- 4V. PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8,72712.5%
- 5R.B. MITRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,4993.6%
- 6J. RAIPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,5762.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–SSP swing
- −22.9%
- CPI share
- 33.5% → 38.2%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 27.6%
- Turnout
- — → —