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Bihar Lok Sabha 1967

Results board · 53 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateBihar
Seats
53
Constituencies
Majority
27
Seats needed of 53
Electors
2.77Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.36Cr
49.2% of electors
Median turnout
49.5%
Median of 53 seats
INC lead
+7
Above majority · 34 − 27

[01]Seat matrix

53 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 53 seats: INC 34, SIKKIM 7, CPI 5, IND 4, BJS 1, PRAGAT 1, JKD 1. Majority line at 27 seats. Hemicycle of 53 seats: INC 34, SIKKIM 7, CPI 5, IND 4, BJS 1, PRAGAT 1, JKD 1. Majority line at 27 seats.
Majority · 27 of 53INC 34 · +7 above majority
INC 3464.2% Indian National Congress
SIKKIM 713.2% Sikkim Sangram Parishad
CPI 59.4% Communist Party of India
IND 47.5% Independents
BJS 11.9% Bharatiya Jana Sangh
PRAGAT 11.9% Pragati Sheel Party
JKD 11.9% Jan Kranti Dal

[02]Vote share

Not in the source

The source carries no state-level vote share for Bihar 1967.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Sitamarhi was decided by 517 votes, the closest of 53 seats; Sasaram had the widest margin, 1,10,666.

    min / max of margin over 53 seats with a recorded margin

  2. 2 seats were won by a margin under 1%; INC won 2 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 2 of 53 · INC 2

  3. In SC-reserved seats INC won 6 of 7 (85.7%), against 64.2% of all seats.

    6 ÷ 7 = 85.7% · 34 ÷ 53 = 64.2%

  4. Turnout ran from 27.3% in Singhbhum to 64.5% in Sitamarhi; the median seat polled 49.5%.

    min / median / max over 53 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

53 of 53 seats carry a turnout
025507510049.5%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 2852.8% of seats
50–60 2343.4% of seats
60–70 23.8% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestSinghbhum27.3%
  • HighestSitamarhi64.5%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

53 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Bihar Lok Sabha 1967, all 53 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 BagahaSC B. Raut Indian National Congress 1,89,532 50,710 26.8 39.6
02 Motihari B. Misra Indian National Congress 2,22,581 35,184 15.8 48.0
03 Bettiah K. N. Tiwari Indian National Congress 2,29,265 45,483 19.8 47.4
04 Gopalganj D. N. Tiwary Indian National Congress 2,40,388 3,016 1.3 46.4
05 Siwan M. Yusuf Indian National Congress 2,49,789 25,777 10.3 45.2
06 Chapra R. P. Singh Indian National Congress 2,78,618 28,209 10.1 49.5
07 Maharajganj M. P. Singh Indian National Congress 2,71,134 17,244 6.4 47.9
08 Kessaria K. M. Madhukar Communist Party of India 2,37,929 3,661 1.5 45.4
09 Hajipur V. Chaudhary Indian National Congress 3,32,668 28,530 8.6 58.4
10 Muzaffarpur D. N. Singh Indian National Congress 3,17,818 37,229 11.7 58.5
11 SitamarhiCLOSEST N.P. Yadav Indian National Congress 3,64,388 517 0.1 64.5
12 Pupari S. P. Sahu Indian National Congress 3,31,782 78,978 23.8 58.3
13 Jainagar B. Jha Communist Party of India 3,01,124 55,773 18.5 54.5
14 Madhubani S. C. Jha Sikkim Sangram Parishad 3,08,109 16,407 5.3 57.6
15 Samastipur Y. P. Mandal Indian National Congress 3,11,276 31,672 10.2 58.4
16 Darbhanga S. N. Sinha Indian National Congress 3,31,895 53,073 16.0 56.4
17 RoseraSC K. Paswan Sikkim Sangram Parishad 2,79,747 11,388 4.1 54.8
18 Saharsa G. Thakur Sikkim Sangram Parishad 3,11,124 4,619 1.5 58.1
19 Madhipura B. P. Mandal Sikkim Sangram Parishad 2,82,104 37,426 13.3 52.7
20 ArariaSC T. M. Ram Indian National Congress 2,34,073 70,649 30.2 49.8
21 Kishanganj L. L. Kapoor Pragati Sheel Party 1,97,407 34,283 17.4 42.5
22 Purnea P. G. S. Gupta Indian National Congress 2,34,639 4,620 2.0 47.9
23 Katihar S. Keshari Indian National Congress 2,60,820 973 0.4 52.3
24 RajmahalST I. Marandi Indian National Congress 1,48,837 6,405 4.3 32.7
25 Godda P. H. Singhka Indian National Congress 2,13,427 21,862 10.2 41.2
26 DumkaST S. C. Besra Indian National Congress 1,54,814 12,040 7.8 32.4
27 Banka B. S. Sharma Bharatiya Jana Sangh 2,50,122 17,567 7.0 48.8
28 Bhagalpur B. J. Azad Indian National Congress 2,87,929 34,814 12.1 53.5
29 Monghyr L. M. Ramchandra Sikkim Sangram Parishad 3,06,778 96,684 31.5 58.8
30 JamuiSC N. T. Das Indian National Congress 3,15,070 14,852 4.7 54.6
31 Khagaria K. Singh Sikkim Sangram Parishad 3,41,632 96,245 28.2 60.3
32 Begusarai Y. Sharma Communist Party of India 3,40,152 88,702 26.1 59.7
33 Nalanda S. Prasad Indian National Congress 3,16,464 78,093 24.7 53.2
34 Barh T. Sinha Indian National Congress 3,14,436 27,454 8.7 53.9
35 Patna R. A. Shastri Communist Party of India 3,13,578 82,141 26.2 59.5
36 Shahabad B. Bhagat Indian National Congress 2,97,839 7,227 2.4 53.8
37 Buxar R. S. Singh Indian National Congress 2,82,823 34,223 12.1 50.7
38 Bikramganj S. Shastry Sikkim Sangram Parishad 3,27,993 54,916 16.7 58.4
39 SasaramSCWIDEST J. Ram Indian National Congress 2,77,107 1,10,666 39.9 51.7
40 Aurangabad M. Singh Indian National Congress 2,41,829 57,679 23.9 43.3
41 Jehanabad C. S. Singh Communist Party of India 2,75,130 51,412 18.7 49.1
42 Nawada M. S. P. N. Puri Independent 2,93,718 20,220 6.9 51.3
43 GayaSC R. Das Indian National Congress 2,04,474 33,988 16.6 42.2
44 Chatra V. Raje Independent 1,91,850 21,979 11.5 38.9
45 Giridih A. I. Ahmad Indian National Congress 2,00,083 3,831 1.9 41.0
46 Dhanbad L. R. Lakshmi Jan Kranti Dal 1,86,070 20,267 10.9 38.7
47 Hazaribagh B. N. Singh Independent 1,88,537 19,758 10.5 37.9
48 Ranchi P. K. Ghosh Indian National Congress 1,70,008 4,167 2.5 36.6
49 Jamshedpur S. C. Prasad Indian National Congress 2,02,331 40,702 20.1 45.7
50 SinghbhumST K. Birua Independent 1,33,549 3,627 2.7 27.3
51 KhuntiST J. Singh Indian National Congress 1,79,856 5,277 2.9 38.8
52 LohardagaST K. Doraon Indian National Congress 1,56,439 33,486 21.4 33.7
53 PalamauSC K. Kumari Indian National Congress 2,15,077 41,764 19.4 42.6
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,10,666 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1967 · Bihar · 53 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesThe source has no state-level summary for this election

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