Constituency
225. Dehri
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-DEHRI
INC 38.6%won by 14.0%PSP 24.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.4% to 14.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 26.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.3% between them, down from 89.8% — 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
60,156
Margin
8,405
13.97%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1A. Q. ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC23,23038.6%
- 2B. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP14,82524.6%
- 3B. SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP9,09915.1%
- 4J. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,98313.3%
- 5L. LALCommunist Party of India · CPI2,3844.0%
- 6K. SHASTRIIndependent · IND1,8753.1%
- 7S. MEHTAJKD · JKD7601.3%
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–PSP swing
- −26.4%
- INC share
- 65.1% → 38.6%
- PSP share
- 24.7% → 24.6%
- Turnout
- — → —