Constituency
45. Garkha
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-GARKHA
INC 41.4%won by 3.3%PSP 38.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.3%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.6% between them, down from 98.3% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
42,573
Margin
1,410
3.31%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SHEO SHANKER PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC17,64141.4%
- 2RAM JAIPAL SINGH YADAVPraja Socialist Party · PSP16,23138.1%
- 3SITA RAM SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA3,8669.1%
- 4JANARDAN PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND2,4915.9%
- 5GAYA PRASAD SINGHSOC · SOC2,3445.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–PSP swing
- +18.5%
- INC share
- 41.5% → 41.4%
- PSP share
- 56.7% → 38.1%
- Turnout
- — → —