Constituency
77. Kishanganj
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-KISHANGANJ
PSP 43.0%won by 17.4%INC 25.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 17.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 24.7% to 43.0% of the vote here (+18.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.6% of the vote between them, up from 63.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.3% to 42.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,64,508
Turnout
42.5%
Valid votes
1,97,407
Margin
34,283
17.37%
Candidates
6 contested · winner PSP- 1L. L. KAPOORPraja Socialist Party · PSP84,83443.0%
- 2M. TAHIRIndian National Congress · INC50,55125.6%
- 3M. EHSANIndependent · IND26,63413.5%
- 4ZAHIRUDDINIndependent · IND15,7658.0%
- 5S. SANATANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS11,1595.7%
- 6S. A. M. KAJI`Swatantra Party · SWA8,4644.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–INC swing
- +28.3%
- PSP share
- 24.7% → 43.0%
- INC share
- 35.7% → 25.6%
- Turnout
- 37.2% → 42.5%