Constituency
48. Hajipur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-HAJIPUR
INC 36.8%won by 3.3%CPI 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.3% to 3.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
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
41,139
Margin
1,367
3.32%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1DIPNARAIN SINHAIndian National Congress · INC15,13936.8%
- 2KISHORI PRASANNA SINHACommunist Party of India · CPI13,77233.5%
- 3AWADH BIHARI SINHASOC · SOC9,40322.9%
- 4ZAHIR ALAMIndependent · IND2,8256.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −20.6%
- INC share
- 44.1% → 36.8%
- CPI share
- 20.2% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- — → —