Constituency
204. Patna South
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-PATNA-SOUTH
INC 43.0%won by 1.5%JKD 41.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.5% to 1.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJKD (JKD) finished second with 41.6% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.6% of the vote between them, up from 73.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
62,727
Margin
917
1.46%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1R. L. S. YADAVIndian National Congress · INC26,99843.0%
- 2D. SINGHJKD · JKD26,08141.6%
- 3R. N. SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI4,5887.3%
- 4K. N. SINGHIndependent · IND2,2643.6%
- 5N. P. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,4992.4%
- 6D. PRASADSwatantra Party · SWA6791.1%
- 7D. RAIIndependent · IND4250.7%
- 8R. K. SINGHIndependent · IND1930.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JKD swing
- −37.7%
- INC share
- 39.2% → 43.0%
- JKD share
- 0.0% → 41.6%
- Turnout
- — → —