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Constituency

20. Harsidhi

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-HARSIDHI

INC 61.9%won by 23.8%IND 38.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
31,779
Margin
7,571
23.82%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NAGESHWAR DUTT PATHAKIndian National Congress · INC19,67561.9%
  2. 2NAYAN PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND12,10438.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−21.0%
INC share
44.9% 61.9%
IND share
0.0% 38.1%
Turnout