Constituency
20. Harsidhi
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-HARSIDHI
INC 61.9%won by 23.8%IND 38.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.1% to 23.8%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 38.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 72.6% — 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
31,779
Margin
7,571
23.82%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1NAGESHWAR DUTT PATHAKIndian National Congress · INC19,67561.9%
- 2NAYAN PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND12,10438.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −21.0%
- INC share
- 44.9% → 61.9%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 38.1%
- Turnout
- — → —