Constituency
23. Gopalganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-GOPALGANJ
INC 52.1%won by 4.2%PSP 47.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.0% to 4.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
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
34,865
Margin
1,457
4.18%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1ABDUL GHAFOORIndian National Congress · INC18,16152.1%
- 2HARISHANKER SINHAPraja Socialist Party · PSP16,70447.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −10.8%
- INC share
- 57.5% → 52.1%
- PSP share
- 42.5% → 47.9%
- Turnout
- — → —