Constituency
95. Sasaram
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-SASARAM
INC 53.9%won by 39.9%PSP 14.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.4% to 39.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.9% between them, down from 87.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.9% to 51.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,35,908
Turnout
51.7%
Valid votes
2,77,107
Margin
1,10,666
39.94%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1J. RAMIndian National Congress · INC1,49,35553.9%
- 2S. RAMPraja Socialist Party · PSP38,68914.0%
- 3S. CHOUDHARYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS31,69211.4%
- 4R. V. PRASADSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP21,7287.8%
- 5S. CHAMARIndependent · IND13,2204.8%
- 6R. CHAMARIndependent · IND10,5923.8%
- 7R. P. DASIndependent · IND6,0302.2%
- 8R. P. LALIndependent · IND5,8012.1%
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
- −8.4%
- INC share
- 54.3% → 53.9%
- PSP share
- 6.0% → 14.0%
- Turnout
- 60.6% → 51.7%