Constituency
26. Bhore
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-BHORE
INC 44.8%won by 17.8%SWA 27.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 25.5% to 44.8% of the vote here (+19.2%).
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 27.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.8% of the vote between them, up from 52.8% — 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
25,655
Margin
4,556
17.76%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAJ MANGAL MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC11,48344.8%
- 2NAND KISHORE NARAINSwatantra Party · SWA6,92727.0%
- 3SHYAMLAL BHAGATIndependent · IND4,88619.0%
- 4NAGINA RAMPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,3599.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- −7.8%
- INC share
- 25.5% → 44.8%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 27.0%
- Turnout
- — → —