Constituency
237. Ghosi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-GHOSI
CPI 31.7%won by 1.4%INC 30.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 1.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.1% between them, down from 71.3% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
51,455
Margin
700
1.36%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1R. P. SINHACommunist Party of India · CPI16,33631.7%
- 2K. P. N. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC15,63630.4%
- 3R. N. SHARMAJKD · JKD12,37824.1%
- 4R. C. MAHTONPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,0736.0%
- 5R. PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,3034.5%
- 6S. P. S. YADAVIndependent · IND1,7293.4%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +13.0%
- CPI share
- 29.8% → 31.7%
- INC share
- 41.5% → 30.4%
- Turnout
- — → —