Constituency
218. Buxar
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-BUXAR
SSP 51.7%won by 21.3%INC 30.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 21.3%.
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 51.7% of the vote here (+51.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.1% between them, down from 90.5% — 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
50,840
Margin
10,835
21.31%
Candidates
7 contested · winner SSP- 1P. CHATTERJEESamyukta Socialist Party · SSP26,28351.7%
- 2J. TRIVEDIIndian National Congress · INC15,44830.4%
- 3J. PRAKASHIndependent · IND6,40712.6%
- 4R. D. RAIIndependent · IND9801.9%
- 5K. PANDEIndependent · IND7511.5%
- 6B. RAMIndependent · IND5621.1%
- 7R. N. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP4090.8%
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–INC swing
- +82.6%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 51.7%
- INC share
- 61.3% → 30.4%
- Turnout
- — → —