Constituency
79. Katihar
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-KATIHAR
INC 22.5%won by 0.4%PSP 22.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 35.8% to 22.5% of the vote here (−13.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 44.7% between them, down from 81.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.1% to 52.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,98,435
Turnout
52.3%
Valid votes
2,60,820
Margin
973
0.37%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1S. KESHARIIndian National Congress · INC58,77622.5%
- 2P. GUPTAPraja Socialist Party · PSP57,80322.2%
- 3Y. P. MANDALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS53,88220.7%
- 4A. AHMEDCommunist Party of India · CPI53,46420.5%
- 5C. M. Z. HAQUEIndependent · IND22,0868.5%
- 6S. K. JHASwatantra Party · SWA14,8095.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–PSP swing
- +10.0%
- INC share
- 35.8% → 22.5%
- PSP share
- 45.4% → 22.2%
- Turnout
- 40.3% → 52.3%