Constituency
185. Balia
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-BALIA
SSP 48.6%won by 30.5%BJS 18.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 30.5%.
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 48.6% of the vote here (+48.6%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 18.2% — it did not contest here in 1962.
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
53,019
Margin
16,147
30.46%
Candidates
5 contested · winner SSP- 1A. MISRASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP25,78248.6%
- 2C. C. DEVOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,63518.2%
- 3P. DEBIIndian National Congress · INC8,48416.0%
- 4Y. MAHTOPraja Socialist Party · PSP8,06115.2%
- 5J. DEBIIndependent · IND1,0572.0%
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
- +30.5%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 48.6%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 18.2%
- Turnout
- — → —