Constituency
90. Barh
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-BARH
INC 34.0%won by 8.7%PSP 25.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.6% to 8.7%.
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 21.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 25.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.3% between them, down from 91.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.6% to 53.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,83,769
Turnout
53.9%
Valid votes
3,14,436
Margin
27,454
8.73%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1T. SINHAIndian National Congress · INC1,07,02034.0%
- 2R. L. CHANDAPURIPraja Socialist Party · PSP79,56625.3%
- 3R. L. SHARMAIndependent · IND51,61116.4%
- 4S. N. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS20,7066.6%
- 5C. P. SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP18,3285.8%
- 6J. S. RATHAURIndependent · IND15,3104.9%
- 7CHANDRAMANIIndependent · IND11,5353.7%
- 8S.PRASADIndependent · IND10,3603.3%
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–PSP swing
- −47.1%
- INC share
- 55.9% → 34.0%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 25.3%
- Turnout
- 49.3% → 53.9%