Constituency
162. Bihpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-BIHPUR
BJS 42.4%won by 6.8%CPI 35.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 6.8%.
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 42.4% of the vote here (+42.4%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JS (JS) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.0% of the vote between them, up from 71.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
55,074
Margin
3,733
6.78%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJS- 1G.P. YADAVBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS23,35442.4%
- 2P.N. ROYCommunist Party of India · CPI19,62135.6%
- 3S. CHOUDHARYIndian National Congress · INC8,67015.7%
- 4J.N. MISHRAIndependent · IND1,4592.6%
- 5N.U. ANSARISamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,2232.2%
- 6R.J. SWATANTRAPraja Socialist Party · PSP7471.4%
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–CPI swing
- +28.1%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 42.4%
- CPI share
- 21.3% → 35.6%
- Turnout
- — → —