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Constituency

38. Baikunthpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-BAIKUNTHPUR

INC 36.7%won by 7.9%SWA 28.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 21.0% to 36.7% of the vote here (+15.7%).
  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.6% of the vote between them, up from 55.3% — 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
27,085
Margin
2,133
7.88%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSWA swing
−13.1%
INC share
21.0% 36.7%
SWA share
0.0% 28.9%
Turnout