Constituency
72. Sonabarsa
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-SONABARSA
IND 42.2%won by 24.2%IND 18.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndependent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.8% to 24.2%.
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 4.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.2% between them, down from 92.6% — 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
70,358
Margin
17,048
24.23%
Candidates
6 contested · winner IND- 1R.N. RAIIndependent · IND29,70942.2%
- 2S. MAHTOIndependent · IND12,66118.0%
- 3N. SAHIndependent · IND11,90216.9%
- 4B. KHANIndian National Congress · INC11,72316.7%
- 5B. MAHARABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,8444.0%
- 6S. PURBESamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,5192.2%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- IND
- IND–IND swing
- 0.0%
- IND share
- 46.7% → 42.2%
- IND share
- 46.7% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- — → —