Constituency
316. Leslieganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-LESLIEGANJ
INC 47.2%won by 33.9%SSP 13.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 33.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 21.0% to 47.2% of the vote here (+26.2%).
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 13.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.5% between them, down from 77.9% — 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
39,180
Margin
13,267
33.86%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1J. PATHAKIndian National Congress · INC18,49447.2%
- 2M. SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP5,22713.3%
- 3H. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,97912.7%
- 4K. M. SINGHIndependent · IND3,1648.1%
- 5B. B. RAIIndependent · IND2,4986.4%
- 6J. N. SAHDEOSwatantra Party · SWA1,8914.8%
- 7D. MANJHIIndependent · IND1,8604.7%
- 8M. MAHTOIndependent · IND1,0672.7%
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–SSP swing
- +12.8%
- INC share
- 21.0% → 47.2%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 13.3%
- Turnout
- — → —