Constituency
15. Madhuban
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-MADHUBAN
INC 34.2%won by 7.7%SWA 26.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.7%.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.8% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
22,481
Margin
1,723
7.66%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1MANGAL PRASAD YADAVIndian National Congress · INC7,69734.2%
- 2RUPLAL RAISwatantra Party · SWA5,97426.6%
- 3MUNSHI BHAGATCommunist Party of India · CPI5,79325.8%
- 4VISHWANATH PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND2,1929.8%
- 5KAMTA PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND8253.7%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- −27.7%
- INC share
- 35.4% → 34.2%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 26.6%
- Turnout
- — → —