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Constituency

93. Buxar

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967

IN-BUXAR

INC 33.2%won by 12.1%SSP 21.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.4% to 12.1%.

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 9.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 21.1% — it did not contest here in 1962.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.4% between them, down from 83.7% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
5,58,072
Turnout
50.7%
Valid votes
2,82,823
Margin
34,223
12.10%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSSP swing
−31.0%
INC share
43.1% 33.2%
SSP share
0.0% 21.1%
Turnout
50.1% 50.7%