Constituency
84. Bhagalpur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-BHAGALPUR
INC 38.3%won by 12.1%CPI 26.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.0% to 12.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.8% to 53.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,38,207
Turnout
53.5%
Valid votes
2,87,929
Margin
34,814
12.09%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1B. J. AZADIndian National Congress · INC1,10,37738.3%
- 2R. TEWARYCommunist Party of India · CPI75,56326.2%
- 3S. L. BAJORIABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS33,60611.7%
- 4N. C. GANGULIIndependent · IND21,9857.6%
- 5U. JHASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP17,8546.2%
- 6N. K. SAHAYIndependent · IND11,5414.0%
- 7H. BHAGATIndependent · IND10,5353.7%
- 8N. M. MISHRAIndependent · IND6,4682.2%
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–CPI swing
- −17.9%
- INC share
- 49.4% → 38.3%
- CPI share
- 19.4% → 26.2%
- Turnout
- 46.7% → 53.5%