Election
Constituency

179. Kharagpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1967

BR-KHARAGPUR

SSP 56.7%won by 25.3%INC 31.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 25.3%.

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 56.7% of the vote here (+56.7%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.1% between them, down from 93.1% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
48,841
Margin
12,376
25.34%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
SSPflipped
SSPINC swing
+81.6%
SSP share
0.0% 56.7%
INC share
56.2% 31.4%
Turnout