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Constituency

1. Dhanaha

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-DHANAHA

INC 50.5%won by 1.0%PSP 49.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 28.6% to 50.5% of the vote here (+21.9%).
  • New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 49.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
19,361
Margin
193
1.00%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCPSP swing
−27.6%
INC share
28.6% 50.5%
PSP share
0.0% 49.5%
Turnout