Constituency
164. Amarpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-AMARPUR
SSP 32.2%won by 2.4%BJS 29.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 2.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SSP vote shareSSP went from 0.0% to 32.2% of the vote here (+32.2%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 29.8% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.0% between them, down from 80.7% — 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
52,391
Margin
1,245
2.38%
Candidates
6 contested · winner SSP- 1S.N. SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP16,86832.2%
- 2J.P. YADAVBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS15,62329.8%
- 3S.P. BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC11,51022.0%
- 4ABUNAYEEMSwatantra Party · SWA4,1527.9%
- 5U.C. JHAIndependent · IND2,6355.0%
- 6P.C. SINGHIndependent · IND1,6033.1%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SSPflipped
- SSP–BJS swing
- +2.4%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 32.2%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 29.8%
- Turnout
- — → —