Constituency
177. Jamalpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-JAMALPUR
SSP 27.4%won by 1.7%CPI 25.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 1.7%.
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 27.4% of the vote here (+27.4%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 25.8% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.2% between them, down from 61.9% — 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
57,761
Margin
976
1.69%
Candidates
6 contested · winner SSP- 1B. P. YADAVSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP15,85127.4%
- 2R. B. SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI14,87525.8%
- 3J. MAHTONIndian National Congress · INC11,97520.7%
- 4S. P. TANTIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS11,33119.6%
- 5A. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,9125.0%
- 6D. SINGHIndependent · IND8171.4%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SSPflipped
- SSP–CPI swing
- +1.7%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 27.4%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 25.8%
- Turnout
- — → —