Constituency
2. Bagaha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-BAGAHA
INC 57.1%won by 43.3%PSP 13.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.6% to 43.3%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.8% of the vote between them, up from 41.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
36,914
Margin
15,988
43.31%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1NARSINGH BAITHAIndian National Congress · INC21,06457.1%
- 2BHOLA RAUT MESTARPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,07613.8%
- 3BALDEO MAHTOCommunist Party of India · CPI4,72212.8%
- 4SHEO PRASAD HARIJANSwatantra Party · SWA4,58012.4%
- 5KHOBHARI HARIJANIndependent · IND1,0062.7%
- 6SAJAN CHAMARIndependent · IND4661.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- +32.2%
- INC share
- 22.2% → 57.1%
- PSP share
- 11.1% → 13.8%
- Turnout
- — → —