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Constituency

14. Patabi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-PATABI

INC 35.1%won by 8.4%PSP 26.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
26,728
Margin
2,249
8.41%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−20.9%
INC share
44.0% 35.1%
PSP share
14.6% 26.7%
Turnout