Constituency
14. Patabi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-PATABI
INC 35.1%won by 8.4%PSP 26.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.4% to 8.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.8% between them, down from 69.5% — 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
26,728
Margin
2,249
8.41%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1BIBHISHAN KUMARIndian National Congress · INC9,38535.1%
- 2RAMAPATI SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,13626.7%
- 3BINDESHWARI PRASAD SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA5,54420.7%
- 4BINDHYACHAL SINGHIndependent · IND4,66317.4%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −20.9%
- INC share
- 44.0% → 35.1%
- PSP share
- 14.6% → 26.7%
- Turnout
- — → —