Constituency
92. Shahabad
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-SHAHABAD
INC 43.4%won by 2.4%SSP 41.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.7% to 2.4%.
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 17.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 41.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,53,603
Turnout
53.8%
Valid votes
2,97,839
Margin
7,227
2.43%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1B. BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC1,29,40743.4%
- 2S. N. SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,22,18041.0%
- 3S. P. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP16,6885.6%
- 4R. YADAVIndependent · IND13,4694.5%
- 5B. PANDEBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,0263.0%
- 6L. M. UPADHAYASwatantra Party · SWA7,0692.4%
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–SSP swing
- −58.9%
- INC share
- 61.3% → 43.4%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 41.0%
- Turnout
- 52.4% → 53.8%