Constituency
97. Tajpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-TAJPUR
SSP 57.9%won by 34.0%INC 23.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 34.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SSP vote shareSSP went from 0.0% to 57.9% of the vote here (+57.9%).
- Safe seatSamyukta Socialist Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
48,412
Margin
16,462
34.00%
Candidates
5 contested · winner SSP- 1K. THAKURSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP28,02357.9%
- 2B.N. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC11,56123.9%
- 3K. ROYPraja Socialist Party · PSP6,02512.4%
- 4R.N. SINGHIndependent · IND2,2464.6%
- 5R.S.P. SINGHIndependent · IND5571.2%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- SSPflipped
- SSP–INC swing
- +54.0%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 57.9%
- INC share
- 20.0% → 23.9%
- Turnout
- — → —