Constituency
58. Baruraj
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1962
BR-BARURAJ
INC 39.0%won by 5.1%SWA 33.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.5% to 5.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 33.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
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
39,158
Margin
2,013
5.14%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAMCHANDRA PD. SAHIIndian National Congress · INC15,28439.0%
- 2SUKDEO GIRISwatantra Party · SWA13,27133.9%
- 3NANDKISHORE PD. SAHIIndependent · IND9,22623.6%
- 4RAJA SAHNIIndependent · IND1,3773.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −50.6%
- INC share
- 55.8% → 39.0%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 33.9%
- Turnout
- — → —