Constituency
179. Kharagpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-KHARAGPUR
SSP 56.7%won by 25.3%INC 31.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP), which now leads by 25.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SSP vote shareSSP went from 0.0% to 56.7% of the vote here (+56.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.1% between them, down from 93.1% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
48,841
Margin
12,376
25.34%
Candidates
4 contested · winner SSP- 1S. J. B. SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP27,70456.7%
- 2N. K. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC15,32831.4%
- 3S. S. DASSBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,3166.8%
- 4B. P. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,4935.1%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SSPflipped
- SSP–INC swing
- +81.6%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 56.7%
- INC share
- 56.2% → 31.4%
- Turnout
- — → —