Constituency
73. Sursand
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-SURSAND
INC 59.4%won by 27.1%IND 32.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.0% to 27.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.8% of the vote between them, up from 79.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
57,713
Margin
15,649
27.12%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1P. DEVIIndian National Congress · INC34,30759.4%
- 2K.P. TEWARIIndependent · IND18,65832.3%
- 3R. MISSIRCommunist Party of India · CPI4,7488.2%
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–IND swing
- −16.6%
- INC share
- 54.1% → 59.4%
- IND share
- 10.3% → 32.3%
- Turnout
- — → —