Constituency
199. Islampur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-ISLAMPUR
INC 45.3%won by 1.9%PSP 43.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 35.2% to 45.3% of the vote here (+10.1%).
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 43.4% — 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
61,942
Margin
1,164
1.88%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1S. S. PRASADIndian National Congress · INC28,04045.3%
- 2R. S. P. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP26,87643.4%
- 3R. PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,6354.3%
- 4K. M. P. SINHASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,3743.8%
- 5P. SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA2,0173.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–PSP swing
- −33.3%
- INC share
- 35.2% → 45.3%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 43.4%
- Turnout
- — → —