Election
Constituency

64. Katra South

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1962

BR-KATRA-SOUTH

INC 48.8%won by 26.8%CPI 22.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.4% to 26.8%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 22.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
43,166
Margin
11,567
26.80%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NITISHWAR PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,07848.8%
  2. 2RAMNARAYAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI9,51122.0%
  3. 3JITENDRA PRASAD SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA7,59017.6%
  4. 4KRISHNA CHANDRA PD. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP4,81811.2%
  5. 5SATRUGHAN PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND1690.4%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−18.2%
INC share
45.0% → 48.8%
CPI share
0.0% → 22.0%
Turnout
— → —
63. Muzaffarpur Muffasil65. Katra North
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