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53. Mahua

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-MAHUA

INC 38.9%won by 20.0%SOC 18.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 20.0%.

  • New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 18.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 57.8% of the vote between them, up from 41.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
22,441
Margin
4,496
20.03%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MIRA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC8,73538.9%
  2. 2RITLAL DASSSOC · SOC4,23918.9%
  3. 3YOGENDRA PASWANSwatantra Party · SWA3,94317.6%
  4. 4RIJHAN RAMCommunist Party of India · CPI2,91813.0%
  5. 5FUDENI PRASADPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,60611.6%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOC swing
−0.9%
INC share
21.0% → 38.9%
SOC share
0.0% → 18.9%
Turnout
— → —
52. Patepur54. Lalganj South
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