Constituency
66. Muzaffarpur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-MUZAFFARPUR
INC 45.9%won by 11.7%SSP 34.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.6% to 11.7%.
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 34.2% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.1% of the vote between them, up from 63.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.9% to 58.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,43,563
Turnout
58.5%
Valid votes
3,17,818
Margin
37,229
11.71%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1D. N. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,45,92945.9%
- 2R. SAHNISamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,08,70034.2%
- 3R. OJHAPraja Socialist Party · PSP42,50513.4%
- 4J. P. SAHUBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS20,6846.5%
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
- −31.9%
- INC share
- 43.6% → 45.9%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 34.2%
- Turnout
- 45.6% → 58.5%