Constituency
74. Saharsa
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-SAHARSA
SSP 39.9%won by 1.5%INC 38.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SOC (SOC) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 1.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SSP vote shareSSP went from 0.0% to 39.9% of the vote here (+39.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.2% between them, down from 90.8% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 11.9% to 58.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,35,539
Turnout
58.1%
Valid votes
3,11,124
Margin
4,619
1.48%
Candidates
5 contested · winner SSP- 1G. THAKURSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,24,01839.9%
- 2L. CHOUDHURYIndian National Congress · INC1,19,39938.4%
- 3M. P. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS37,21312.0%
- 4S. ULLAHPraja Socialist Party · PSP25,7948.3%
- 5K. K. JHASwatantra Party · SWA4,7001.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SOC
- Winner now
- SSPflipped
- SSP–INC swing
- +43.0%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 39.9%
- INC share
- 41.5% → 38.4%
- Turnout
- 46.2% → 58.1%