Constituency
59. Kurhani
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-KURHANI
INC 38.7%won by 5.8%PSP 33.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.0% to 5.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 27.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
54,843
Margin
3,164
5.77%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1K.N. SAHAYAIndian National Congress · INC21,25138.7%
- 2S.S. SAHIPraja Socialist Party · PSP18,08733.0%
- 3M. LALLSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP7,81814.3%
- 4F. RAHMANIndependent · IND3,6136.6%
- 5B. SAHNIIndependent · IND1,5662.9%
- 6S.P. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,3042.4%
- 7B. RAMIndependent · IND8381.5%
- 8B.K. PRASADIndependent · IND3660.7%
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–PSP swing
- −26.2%
- INC share
- 66.0% → 38.7%
- PSP share
- 34.0% → 33.0%
- Turnout
- — → —