Constituency
34. Maharajganj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-MAHARAJGANJ
SWA 43.9%won by 9.3%INC 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 9.3%.
- SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 43.9% of the vote here (+43.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.4% of the vote between them, up from 69.6% — 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
26,165
Margin
2,432
9.29%
Candidates
4 contested · winner SWA- 1UMASHANKAR PRASADSwatantra Party · SWA11,47943.9%
- 2ANUSUYA PRASADIndian National Congress · INC9,04734.6%
- 3JANAKDEO PRASAD SINHAPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,38816.8%
- 4AMBICA PRASAD SINGHSOC · SOC1,2514.8%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SWAflipped
- SWA–INC swing
- +52.1%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 43.9%
- INC share
- 42.8% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- — → —