Election
Constituency

4. Shikarpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-SHIKARPUR

INC 57.6%won by 15.2%SWA 42.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 44.3% to 57.6% of the vote here (+13.3%).
  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 42.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.8% — 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
27,968
Margin
4,258
15.22%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1UMESH PRASAD VERMAIndian National Congress · INC16,11357.6%
  2. 2LAKSHMAN PRASADSwatantra Party · SWA11,85542.4%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
PSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSWA swing
−29.1%
INC share
44.3% 57.6%
SWA share
0.0% 42.4%
Turnout