Constituency
133. Katihar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-KATIHAR
BJS 32.0%won by 15.9%PSP 16.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 15.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJS vote shareBJS went from 0.0% to 32.0% of the vote here (+32.0%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JS (JS) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.1% between them, down from 61.2% — 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
48,568
Margin
7,720
15.90%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJS- 1J. ADHIKARIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS15,53532.0%
- 2M.J. HAQUEPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,81516.1%
- 3S.N. SINHAIndian National Congress · INC6,95014.3%
- 4K.N. JHAIndependent · IND6,06612.5%
- 5S.N. BISWASJKD · JKD5,66611.7%
- 6M.M. DUTTASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,8133.7%
- 7P. MANDALIndependent · IND1,4222.9%
- 8M. DASSIndependent · IND1,3382.8%
- 9R.R. SINGHIndependent · IND1,0762.2%
- 10A.K. GUPTAIndependent · IND8871.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–PSP swing
- +24.3%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 32.0%
- PSP share
- 8.4% → 16.1%
- Turnout
- — → —