Constituency
61. Siwan
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-SIWAN
INC 39.3%won by 10.3%SSP 29.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.6% to 10.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 29.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.3% of the vote between them, up from 62.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,53,081
Turnout
45.2%
Valid votes
2,49,789
Margin
25,777
10.32%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1M. YUSUFIndian National Congress · INC98,20639.3%
- 2H. SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP72,42929.0%
- 3B. P. MISHRABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS55,01522.0%
- 4L. N. SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA9,2713.7%
- 5K. DUBEYIndependent · IND8,2593.3%
- 6T. PRASADIndependent · IND6,6092.6%
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–SSP swing
- −30.3%
- INC share
- 40.7% → 39.3%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 29.0%
- Turnout
- 45.2% → 45.2%