Constituency
91. Patna
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-PATNA
CPI 47.5%won by 26.2%INC 21.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 26.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 33.8% to 47.5% of the vote here (+13.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.8% between them, down from 78.7% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.0% to 59.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,26,885
Turnout
59.5%
Valid votes
3,13,578
Margin
82,141
26.19%
Candidates
10 contested · winner CPI- 1R. A. SHASTRICommunist Party of India · CPI1,48,96347.5%
- 2R. D. SINHAIndian National Congress · INC66,82221.3%
- 3S. PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS29,4759.4%
- 4J. PRASADIndependent · IND21,3926.8%
- 5J. K. SINHASwatantra Party · SWA17,1325.5%
- 6S. N. SINGHIndependent · IND9,6713.1%
- 7M. L. DUDWEWALAIndependent · IND8,2082.6%
- 8G. RAMIndependent · IND4,7981.5%
- 9R. SINGHIndependent · IND4,0401.3%
- 10H. B. CHANDRAIndependent · IND3,0771.0%
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
- +37.3%
- CPI share
- 33.8% → 47.5%
- INC share
- 44.9% → 21.3%
- Turnout
- 56.6% → 59.5%