Constituency
124. Forbesganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-FORBESGANJ
INC 46.8%won by 29.3%BJS 17.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 29.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 36.7% to 46.8% of the vote here (+10.1%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 17.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.3% between them, down from 85.0% — 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
49,927
Margin
14,611
29.26%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1S. MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC23,35046.8%
- 2D.S. PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8,73917.5%
- 3SALAUDDINIndependent · IND5,59811.2%
- 4S. SINGHIndependent · IND4,1298.3%
- 5D.N. JHAIndependent · IND3,5637.1%
- 6M. MANDALSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,0904.2%
- 7B. MANDALIndependent · IND1,0632.1%
- 8S. SINGHIndependent · IND5421.1%
- 9D.P. GUPTAPraja Socialist Party · PSP4330.9%
- 10R. DEVIIndependent · IND4200.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- −7.4%
- INC share
- 36.7% → 46.8%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 17.5%
- Turnout
- — → —