Constituency
129. Kishanganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-KISHANGANJ
PSP 56.7%won by 40.6%IND 16.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 40.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 5.5% to 56.7% of the vote here (+51.2%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 16.1% — it polled just 1.9% in 1962.
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
28,592
Margin
11,613
40.62%
Candidates
7 contested · winner PSP- 1L.L. KAPOORPraja Socialist Party · PSP16,20756.7%
- 2K. RAHMANIndependent · IND4,59416.1%
- 3A.K. BASUIndian National Congress · INC2,92510.2%
- 4G.M. TAHASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,8286.4%
- 5B.M/ THIRANIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,3144.6%
- 6Z.A. IRAQUTSwatantra Party · SWA1,2664.4%
- 7M. MOHAMMEDIndependent · IND4581.6%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–IND swing
- +37.0%
- PSP share
- 5.5% → 56.7%
- IND share
- 1.9% → 16.1%
- Turnout
- — → —