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Bihar Assembly Election, 1967

318 seats · 194 changed party since 1962

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Party standings

Bihar Assembly Election, 1967 · 10 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 128 seatsSamyukta Socialist Party — 68 seatsIndependent — 33 seatsBharatiya Jana Sangh — 26 seatsCommunist Party of India — 24 seatsPraja Socialist Party — 18 seatsJKD — 13 seats3 other parties — 8 seats160318of 318 seats
  • INC128
  • SSP68
  • IND33
  • BJS26
  • CPI24
  • PSP18
  • JKD13
  • Others8

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress12840%44,79,46033.1%318
SSPSamyukta Socialist Party6821%23,85,96117.6%199
INDIndependent3310%24,19,46917.9%738
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh268%14,10,72210.4%271
CPICommunist Party of India248%9,35,9776.9%97
PSPPraja Socialist Party186%9,42,8897.0%182
JKDJKD134%4,51,4123.3%60
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)41%1,73,6561.3%32
SWASwatantra Party31%3,15,1842.3%126
RPIRPI10%23,8930.2%2

Constituency map

Bihar Assembly Election, 1967 · winner by seat

243 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 160

1967 · selected
Majority 160
INC128SSP68IND33BJS26CPI24PSP18JKD13CPM4SWA3RPI1
1962 · previous
Majority 160

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1962 → 1967

1962 1967· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
41.3
33.1
0.0
17.6
8.4
17.9
0.0
10.4
6.2
6.9
14.2
7.0
0.0
3.3
INCSSPINDBJSCPIPSPJKD

Seat change

1967 seats minus 1962 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
185 → 128
−57
SSP
0 → 68
+68
IND
12 → 33
+21
BJS
0 → 26
+26
CPI
12 → 24
+12
PSP
29 → 18
−11
JKD
0 → 13
+13
CPM
0 → 4
+4
SWA
50 → 3
−47
RPI
0 → 1
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1962 → 1967

share lostshare gained
SSP
0.0% → 17.6%
+17.6%
BJS
0.0% → 10.4%
+10.4%
IND
8.4% → 17.9%
+9.5%
JKD
0.0% → 3.3%
+3.3%
CPM
0.0% → 1.3%
+1.3%
CPI
6.2% → 6.9%
+0.7%
JS
2.8% → 0.0%
−2.8%
JP
4.4% → 0.0%
−4.4%
SOC
5.2% → 0.0%
−5.2%
PSP
14.2% → 7.0%
−7.2%

Biggest INC–SSP swings

Seats where the INC-vs-SSP vote gap moved most, 1962 → 1967. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − SSP share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward SSP.

toward SSPtoward INC
Madhipura
−102.5%
Gopalganj
−90.2%
Bachhwara
−88.4%
Bariarpur
−85.3%
Balia
−83.3%
Buxar
−82.6%
Makhdumpur
−82.0%
Kharagpur
−81.6%
Kodarma
−80.1%
Tarapur
−79.6%
Paru
−78.1%
Parbatta
−77.2%

Closest races · 1967

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1967

318 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1962