Constituency
88. Begusarai
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-BEGUSARAI
CPI 53.2%won by 26.1%INC 27.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 26.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 24.6% to 53.2% of the vote here (+28.6%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.3% to 59.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,69,752
Turnout
59.7%
Valid votes
3,40,152
Margin
88,702
26.08%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPI- 1Y. SHARMACommunist Party of India · CPI1,80,88353.2%
- 2M. P. MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC92,18127.1%
- 3R. N. SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA37,63911.1%
- 4R. ROYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS29,4498.7%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +52.4%
- CPI share
- 24.6% → 53.2%
- INC share
- 50.9% → 27.1%
- Turnout
- 51.4% → 59.7%