Constituency
174. Barbigha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-BARBIGHA
INC 66.5%won by 38.4%IND 28.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.3% to 38.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 88.4% — 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
53,661
Margin
20,614
38.42%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1S.S. SINHAIndian National Congress · INC35,65866.5%
- 2M.N. SINGHIndependent · IND15,04428.0%
- 3S. SHARMABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,7753.3%
- 4S. SHASTRIPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,1842.2%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −25.4%
- INC share
- 63.8% → 66.5%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 28.0%
- Turnout
- — → —