Constituency
85. Monghyr
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-MONGHYR
SSP 54.8%won by 31.5%INC 23.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 31.5%.
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 54.8% of the vote here (+54.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.1% of the vote between them, up from 69.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.2% to 58.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,21,986
Turnout
58.8%
Valid votes
3,06,778
Margin
96,684
31.52%
Candidates
6 contested · winner SSP- 1L. M. RAMCHANDRASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,68,11154.8%
- 2C. S. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC71,42723.3%
- 3R. P. GUPTABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS41,65613.6%
- 4M. S. HODAPraja Socialist Party · PSP11,7493.8%
- 5R.C. P. YADAVIndependent · IND11,7423.8%
- 6K. CHANDRAIndependent · IND2,0930.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SSPflipped
- SSP–INC swing
- +79.0%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 54.8%
- INC share
- 47.5% → 23.3%
- Turnout
- 51.6% → 58.8%