Constituency
176. Surajgarha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-SURAJGARHA
PSP 50.8%won by 20.5%INC 30.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 20.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 18.5% to 50.8% of the vote here (+32.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.2% of the vote between them, up from 62.5% — 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
62,109
Margin
12,702
20.45%
Candidates
3 contested · winner PSP- 1B.P. MEHTAPraja Socialist Party · PSP31,57950.8%
- 2R.P. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC18,87730.4%
- 3C.S.P. SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI11,65318.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–INC swing
- +41.2%
- PSP share
- 18.5% → 50.8%
- INC share
- 39.2% → 30.4%
- Turnout
- — → —