Constituency
18. Motihari
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-MOTIHARI
INC 49.2%won by 20.4%IND 28.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.6% to 20.4%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.0% of the vote between them, up from 56.9% — 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
31,642
Margin
6,457
20.41%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SHAKUNTLA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC15,57649.2%
- 2SURYADEO NARAIN GUPTAIndependent · IND9,11928.8%
- 3SATYA NARAIN PRASAD VERMASwatantra Party · SWA4,28513.5%
- 4JAIGOBIND THAKURJS · JS2,6628.4%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −3.3%
- INC share
- 30.3% → 49.2%
- IND share
- 6.5% → 28.8%
- Turnout
- — → —