Constituency
116. Murliganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-MURLIGANJ
PSP 25.2%won by 1.6%SSP 23.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOC (SOC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 1.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 0.0% to 25.2% of the vote here (+25.2%).
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 23.6% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.8% between them, down from 87.5% — 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
44,367
Margin
697
1.57%
Candidates
10 contested · winner PSP- 1S.N. JHAPraja Socialist Party · PSP11,17925.2%
- 2R. YADAVSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP10,48223.6%
- 3K.P. YADAVIndian National Congress · INC8,38618.9%
- 4D. SAHAJKD · JKD3,8898.8%
- 5D. SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI3,7618.5%
- 6K. SHAHIndependent · IND2,6836.0%
- 7H.P. SAHIndependent · IND1,3323.0%
- 8R. SINGHIndependent · IND1,2792.9%
- 9S.N. PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7581.7%
- 10R.B. SINGHIndependent · IND6181.4%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SOC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–SSP swing
- +1.6%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 25.2%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 23.6%
- Turnout
- — → —