Constituency
89. Nalanda
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-NALANDA
INC 46.9%won by 24.7%BJS 22.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.7% to 24.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 22.2% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.6% to 53.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,94,698
Turnout
53.2%
Valid votes
3,16,464
Margin
78,093
24.68%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1S. PRASADIndian National Congress · INC1,48,41046.9%
- 2K. N. P. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS70,31722.2%
- 3S. A. AHMEDCommunist Party of India · CPI57,19218.1%
- 4B. N. PRASADIndependent · IND22,7757.2%
- 5S. MOCHIIndependent · IND17,7705.6%
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–BJS swing
- −18.8%
- INC share
- 43.5% → 46.9%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 22.2%
- Turnout
- 48.6% → 53.2%