Constituency
83. Banka
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-BANKA
BJS 32.5%won by 7.0%INC 25.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 7.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJS vote shareBJS went from 0.0% to 32.5% of the vote here (+32.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.0% between them, down from 86.6% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.3% to 48.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,13,057
Turnout
48.8%
Valid votes
2,50,122
Margin
17,567
7.02%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJS- 1B. S. SHARMABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS81,29732.5%
- 2S. DEVIIndian National Congress · INC63,73025.5%
- 3L. R. LAKSHMIIndependent · IND45,70218.3%
- 4R. S. RAISwatantra Party · SWA23,4339.4%
- 5RAHMANIndependent · IND22,2528.9%
- 6B. SINGHIndependent · IND13,7085.5%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–INC swing
- +62.1%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 32.5%
- INC share
- 55.1% → 25.5%
- Turnout
- 38.5% → 48.8%