Constituency
163. Sultanganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-SULTANGANJ
PSP 37.5%won by 13.9%CPI 23.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 13.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 22.7% to 37.5% of the vote here (+14.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.1% between them, down from 75.9% — 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
59,162
Margin
8,234
13.92%
Candidates
8 contested · winner PSP- 1B.P. SHARMAPraja Socialist Party · PSP22,17937.5%
- 2B. MANDALCommunist Party of India · CPI13,94523.6%
- 3D.P. MAHTOIndian National Congress · INC13,01922.0%
- 4R. MANDALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,4405.8%
- 5R.K. SINHASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,8364.8%
- 6D. MANDALIndependent · IND2,0893.5%
- 7G. MANDALIndependent · IND9711.6%
- 8S.A.M. BIHARIIndependent · IND6831.2%
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–CPI swing
- +4.9%
- PSP share
- 22.7% → 37.5%
- CPI share
- 13.7% → 23.6%
- Turnout
- — → —